PERIODONTAL DISEASES AND RELATED FACTORS IN CHILDREN WITH PRIMARY NEPHROTIC SYNDROME

Lương Minh Hằng, Tống Minh Sơn, Trần Huy Thịnh, Trần Thị Mỹ Hạnh, Đào Thị Hằng Nga

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Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is the most common glomerular disease in children with an annual incidence rate of 2-7/100,000 children out of a total morbidity rate of 16/100,000. In Vietnam (1981-1990), 1414 children with NS were admitted to the National Hospital of Pediatrics, accounting for 46,6% of the total number of patients in the Department of Nephrology - Urology, of which 1358 children were diagnosed with primary NS (91,0 %). According to the literature, patients with nephrotic syndrome have the effect of destroying hard tissue and surrounding parts after havingused drugs in a long-term treatment. In addition, regular hospitalization and specific diet also affect the care and prevention of oral diseases. This study aims to describe the periodontis diseases of children with primary nephrotic syndrome and some related factors at the National Hospital of Pediatrics. The method of cross-sectional descriptive studies was performed in a group of children diagnosed as primary nephrotic (407 children). Results of research as follow: the majority of children with gingivitis and hypertrophic gingivitis, tartar most commonly seen in children 13-18 years old, there is a relationship between the duration of the disease, the number of relapses, the form of the disease, the history of the disease use of drugs to treat gingivitis and gingivitis, hypertrophic gingivitis in the study group.

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