2nd International Scientific-Practical Conference "Digital or Conventional?
What is more effective?" 17-18 January 2025, Kaunas, Lithuania

REVIEWS

Influence of surface treatment on the survival rate of miniscrews: A systematic literature review and
meta-analysis
Kotryna Rumšaitė, Mariam Varoneckaitė, Mantas Šidlauskas, Marijus Leketas, Algirdas Lukošiūnas, Ričardas Kubilius
30-36

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Effect of simulated gastric acid on the surface degradation of dental ceramics
Noelia Madriz-Montalván, Marine Ortiz-Magdaleno, Norma Verónica Zavala-Alonso, José Elías Pérez-López, Gregorio Sánchez-Balderas, Diana María Escobar-García, Erika de Lourdes Silva-Benítez, Gabriel Fernando Romo-Ramírez
37-45

Prevalence of malocclusions in children with infectious mononucleosis
Natalya Chukhray, Nina Smolyar, S. V. Savchyn, O. O. Mashkarynets
46-50

CASE REPORTS

Conservative therapy for odontogenic keratocyst: Decompression as the definitive treatment
Anibal Henrique Barbosa Luna, Karoline Gomes da Silveira, Alexander Tadeu Sverzut, Márcio de Moraes
51-54

Stomatologija 2024; 26 (2): 46-50 161 KB

Prevalence of malocclusions in children with infectious mononucleosis

Natalya Chukhray^*, Nina Smolyar^*, S. V. Savchyn^*, O. O. Mashkarynets^*

Summary

Background. According to statistics 85% of children are carriers of Epstein-Barr virus, which is the cause of infectious mononucleosis. Many children with infectious mononucleosis have acute respiratory disease or sore throat flow due to weakened of the immune system. Children with infectious mononucleosis have manifestations of tonsillopharyngitis, adenoiditis. The long course of this pathology contributes to the development of dental caries, diseases of periodontal tissues, mucosa lesions of the oral cavity and malocclusions. The aim of the research was to study the prevalence and features of malocclusions in children with infectious mononucleosis.

Materials and methods. There were examined 226 children aged 6, 9 and 12 years. The main group included 104 children with diagnose of infectious mononucleosis. The control group included 122 children, who were healthy, without any somatic pathology. Malocclusions were determined according to the classifications of Engle E. and Kalvelis D.A.

Results. The results of the study showed that among children of the main group malocclusion were found in 83.85±2.34% persons, while among healthy children the prevalence of malocclusion was 58.18±2.48% (p <0.05). It was revealed that with the age the prevalence of malocclusions increases in both study groups, but among children of the main group this dynamic is more pronounced. So, among children with infectious mononucleosis the prevalence of malocclusion increases from 6 to 12-year-old children from 78.94±2.13% to 88.23±2.24%, i.e. 1.12 times (p<0.05). In children of the control group the prevalence of malocclusions in 6-years-old children was 56.41±1.98%, which is 1.4 times less than in children of the main group (p<0.05), and up to 12 years old it was increased by 1.08 times (60.97±2.15%, p>0.05), but was lower than in children of the main group, by 44.71% (p <0.05).

Conclusion. Thus, high prevalence of malocclusions is determined in children with mononucleosis, which is increased with the age. The obtained results indicate on need for orthodontic treatment of children with infectious mononucleosis, constant monitoring of the patient by the dentist.

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*Department of Orthodontics, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine

Address correspondence to Natalya Chukhray, Department of Orthodontics, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Pekarska 60b, Lviv, Ukraine.

E-mail address: nchukhray@gmail.com