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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2020

Relationship between type-I diabetes mellitus and oral health status and oral health-related quality of life among children of Saudi Arabia.

Faisal F J AlMutairi, Sharat C Pani, Fahd M Alrobaie, Navin A Ingle

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Diabetes Mellitus and Dental Health in Children: A Review of Literature.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Faisal F J AlMutairiDepartment of Paediatric Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sharat C PaniDepartment of Paediatric Dentistry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London ON, Canada.
Fahd M AlrobaiePediatric Endocrinologist, Department of Pediatrics Endocrinology, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Navin A InglePrograme Director, Dental Public Health, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh Elm University · SAKing Saud Medical City · SAWestern University · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe study was conducted to assess the impact of oral health status on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQOL) of children between 12 and 15 years with type-1 diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in Saudi Arabia and compare these findings to age and gender matched medically fit children. MATERIALS AND

methodA total of 40 children aged between 12 and 15 years with (IDDM) group presenting to the pediatric endocrinology clinic of the KSMC, Riyadh were age and gender matched to a control group of children reporting for a routine dental checkup at the dental clinics of the REU. The oral health of all children was recorded using WHO examination criteria. Parental perception of the OHRQoL was recorded using the validated Arabic version of the short-form child oral health impact profile-short-form COHIP-19. The independent samples

resultsIndividuals with IDDM had higher Gingival Index and DMFT scores; however, the differences were not statistically significant. The IDDM group showed higher COHIP scores across all domains. However, the differences were only statistically significant for the oral health domain (

conclusionChildren with IDDM had better oral health both in terms of dental caries and gingival status when compared to their age-matched controls. However, they had significantly higher oral health domains that suggest a poorer overall OHRQoL in children with IDDM.

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Adolescentsdiabetes mellitusoral healthoral health-related quality of life

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