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[The deciduous teeth in children born to mothers with heart defects]
Stomatologiia
|November 1, 1990
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Maternal heart disease is a risk factor for infant dental problems. Dental abnormalities and caries increase with age, peaking at three years old in children of mothers with heart conditions.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Dentistry
- Cardiology
- Public Health
Abstract:
Stomatological examinations of infants aged 6 to 36 months, whose mothers suffer from heart diseases, have revealed that the number of infants with deciduous dental tissue abnormalities grows with the age of the infants, reaching the maximum in those aged 3 years: 63.88 percent. Caries and caries-complicated diseases were recorded in 3-year-old children. This permits regarding the presence of a heart disease in a mother as a risk factor in respect of developing deciduous teeth abnormalities and caries.