ArticleBMC oral health2018
Effectiveness of an oral health intervention program for children with congenital heart defects.
Article in BMC oral health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03311438 (Evaluation of an Oral Health Intervention Program for Children With Congenital Heart Defects), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Evaluation of an Oral Health Intervention Program for Children With Congenital Heart Defects
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Oral Health Status And Oral Health Related Quality of Life in Children With Congenital Heart Disease-A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis.Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric DentistryPooled it
- Oral Health in Children With Congenital Heart Diseases: A Comprehensive Narrative Review.Clinical medicine insights. Pediatrics · 2026Review
- A Narrative Review on Advancing Pediatric Oral Health: Comprehensive Strategies for the Prevention and Management of Dental Challenges in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Dental approaches in children with congenital heart disease treated under general anesthesia for oral rehabilitation.Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal · 2024Article
- A Comparative Assessment of Dental Caries Experience in Relation to Nutritional Status among 6-12-year-old School-going Children and Those with Congenital Heart Disease in Bhubaneswar City.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2024Article
- Parental perceptions and experiences of an oral health care promotion intervention for children with congenital heart defects.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2022Article
- Dental caries and attendance to dental care in Finnish children with operated congenital heart disease. A practice based follow-up study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2021Article
- Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Interdisciplinary Preventive Oral Hygiene Program for Children with Congenital Heart Disease.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Parental Awareness of Oral Health and Nutritional Behavior in Children with Congenital Heart Diseases Compared to Healthy Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Significance of oral health in adult patients with congenital heart disease.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2019Review
- Implementation and adaptation of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons´ standardized nomenclature for congenital heart surgery in a Peruvian hospital.Archivos peruanos de cardiologia y cirugia cardiovascularArticle
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundChildren with congenital heart defects (CHD) are reported to have poorer oral health compared with healthy children. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an intensive oral health care program among children with CHD followed from infancy to the age of 5 years, by comparing their oral health status at 5 years with a control group of children with CHD who had not received the program.
methodsIn this longitudinal study, children in western Norway with a need for lifelong follow-up due to congenital heart defects were invited to participate (n = 119). Children born in 2008-2011 were offered an oral health intervention program from infancy to the age of 5 years. The outcome measures for evaluating the intervention were dental caries prevalence, dental erosion, plaque index and gingival bleeding index. The data of the intervention group were compared with cross sectional oral health data of 5 year old controls with CHD born 2005-2007 (already published).
resultsEarly oral health intervention did not affect the prevalence of caries (25.3% versus 25.4%) or dental erosion (22.2% versus 19.7%) of children with CHD assessed at 5 years. Children in the intervention group were less likely than those in the control group to present with both dental plaque and gingival bleeding at age 5 years. In spite of no difference in caries prevalence between the groups, caries affected children (d
conclusionThe oral health promotive program did not influence the prevalence of caries nor dental erosion. However, the findings indicated better oral hygiene, reduced gingival bleeding and less untreated dentine caries in the intervention compared with the control group.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03311438 . Registration date: October 17th 2017, retrospectively registered.
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