Cárie dentária em crianças com e sem paralisia cerebral - estudo transversal controlado

Objective: To verify if the dental caries experience of children with Cerebral Palsy differs from children without Cerebral Palsy. Methodology: a controlled crosssectional study was carried out with quantitative approach, descriptive and analytical procedures, inductive method and intensive direct observation technique. The non-probabilistic sample consisted of 116 children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) and 348 children without Cerebral Palsy (WCP) aged 2 to 12 years, matched by age, in the proportion of 1:3, the former being attended in five rehabilitation institutions, and the second group studied in two nurseries and two schools of the municipal network of João Pessoa-PB. Results: the caries experience (dmf or DMF≥1) was similar when evaluated in the chi-square test between the groups of children with CP (58.9%) and WCP (53.7%), p = 0.360. The analysis of dmf data by age with the Mann Whitney test showed that the frequency of deciduous teeth extracted at 5 years (CP = 0.69 ± 2.21 and WCP = 0.00 ± 0.00, p = 0.01) and of decayed teeth at 6 years (CP = 5.80 ± 5.43 and WCP = 1.70 ± 2.14, p = 0.01) was higher in children with CP. The mixed dentition showed, in the Mann Whitney test, a significant difference in the frequency of decayed teeth at six years of age, which was higher in children with CP (7.27 ± 4.92) compared to WCP (2.46 ± 2.85), p = 0.02. The DMF index for permanent dentition, considering its components, by age, in the studied groups, in the Mann Whitney test, did not present a significant difference (p 1) foi semelhante quando avaliada no Teste Qui-quadrado entre os grupos de crianças com PC (58,9%) e SPC (53,7%), p=0,360. A análise dos dados do ceo-d, por idade, com o Teste Mann Whitney, mostrou que a frequência de dentes decíduos extraídos aos 5 anos (PC= 0,69 ± 2,21 e SPC= 0,00 ± 0,00, p=0,01) e de dentes cariados aos 6 anos (PC=5,80 ± 5,43 e SPC =1,70 ± 2,14, p=0,01) foi maior nas crianças com PC. A dentição mista, no Teste de Mann Whitney, mostrou aos seis anos diferença significativa na frequência de dentes cariados, superior nas crianças com PC (7,27 ± 4,92) em relação às SPC (2,46 ± 2,85), p= 0,02. O índice CPO-D para dentição permanente, considerando seus componentes, por idade, nos grupos estudados, no Teste de Mann Whitney, não apresentou diferença significante (p