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Oral sugar clearance and other caries-related factors in patients with myotonic dystrophy.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9176659     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The aim of the investigation was to try to explain why patients with myotonic dystrophy (MD) have a high caries prevalence. Seventeen MD patients, 15 of whom had been examined 8 years earlier, and 17 matched, healthy controls participated. In connection with this follow-up examination, the oral sugar clearance was evaluated after chewing a glucose tablet. A paraffin-stimulated whole saliva sample was collected for determination of secretion rate, buffer capacity, and numbers of mutans streptococci and lactobacilli. Dietary score, plaque index, oral muscular coordination, and self-cleaning ability were also recorded. For all factors, the MD patients showed less favorable mean values than the controls; the differences between the groups were statistically significant, except for the bacterial counts and the salivary buffer capacity. Thus, the high caries prevalence in MD patients may be explained by longer oral sugar clearance time, lower salivary secretion rate, higher intake frequency of sugar-containing products, higher plaque index, and less pronounced oral muscular coordination and self-cleaning ability than in healthy individuals.
Authors:
M Engvall; D Birkhed
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Acta odontologica Scandinavica     Volume:  55     ISSN:  0001-6357     ISO Abbreviation:  Acta Odontol. Scand.     Publication Date:  1997 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1997-07-31     Completed Date:  1997-07-31     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370344     Medline TA:  Acta Odontol Scand     Country:  NORWAY    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  111-5     Citation Subset:  D; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Cariology, Faculty of Odontology, Göteborg University, Sweden.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Buffers
Case-Control Studies
Colony Count, Microbial
DMF Index
Dental Caries / metabolism*
Dental Plaque Index
Dietary Carbohydrates / administration & dosage
Facial Muscles / physiopathology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Food Habits
Glucose / administration & dosage,  metabolism*
Humans
Lactobacillus / growth & development
Male
Mastication
Middle Aged
Motor Skills
Mouth / metabolism*,  microbiology,  physiology
Myotonic Dystrophy / metabolism*
Oral Hygiene
Prevalence
Saliva / metabolism,  microbiology,  physiology,  secretion
Secretory Rate
Streptococcus mutans / growth & development
Tablets
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Buffers; 0/Dietary Carbohydrates; 0/Tablets; 50-99-7/Glucose

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