PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nabila Ahmed
AU  - Agnès Bloch-Zupan
AU  - Kevin J Murray
AU  - Mary Calvert
AU  - Graham J Roberts
AU  - Victoria S Lucas
TI  - Oral health of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
DP  - 2004 Aug 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - 1639--1643
VI  - 31
IP  - 8
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/31/8/1639.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/31/8/1639.full
SO  - J Rheumatol2004 Aug 01; 31
AB  - OBJECTIVE:s. To estimate dental disease indices and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS: Indices were recorded for dental caries, bacterial dental plaque, gingival inflammation, and TMJ dysfunction in children with JIA and matched controls. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in dental caries experience or the mean plaque score between children with JIA and controls. The mean gingivitis score for the permanent teeth only was significantly greater in the JIA children compared with the controls (p = 0.02). There was a significantly greater proportion of children with JIA with signs of both left and right TMJ dysfunction (p = 0.05, p = 0.02) and symptoms (p = 0.0001, p = 0.0001) compared with controls. CONCLUSION: The low caries rate was attributed to the fact that children with JIA had received preventive dental care from an early age combined with sugar free medication.