Український стоматологічний альманах (Mar 2018)
RESULTS OF DETERMINING INDICATORS OF SALIVATION SPEED, MINERALIZED POTENTIAL, VISCOSITY AND PH OF ORAL FLUID IN CHILDREN WITH RECURRENT ARVI
Abstract
The article is devoted to studies the performance of oral fluid of children of 6-7 years, which often suffer from acute respiratory viral infections. Examination of 111 children with frequent acute respiratory viral infection and 89 healthy children revealed cariogenic situation in the mouth of sickly children, which is caused by the deterioration of the speed of salivation, mineralized potential, viscosity and pH of oral fluid in them. The results showed that the worst results of oral fluid parameters studied in children, who often suffer from ARVI. Our research has shown that children who often suffer acute respiratory viral infections, the rate of salivation is somewhat lower than in healthy children. Results of the study index MP children 6-7 years, both groups are almost identical. So the best indicator was in healthy children 6 years old - 2,51 ± 0,04 points, and the worst in children 7 years of age who are sick of SARS - 2,17 ± 0,12 points. Probable difference was observed only in average. We found that children who are sick of ARVI, the pH is lower than in healthy children. For example, in a group of healthy it varies from 6,64 ± 0,03 units to 6,65 ± 0.01, which corresponds to a weakly acidic value. In the group of children being ill its value - from 6,82 ± 0,01 units up to 6,97 ± 0,05 units, which is higher than in the healthy. Oral fluid viscosity index within the normal range in both groups of the study. But this figure is significantly higher in children with frequent episodes of acute respiratory viral infections like 6 or 7 years old - 1,60 ± 0,02 units and 1,76 ± 0,04 units respectively, in contrast to healthy children of the same age (1,31 ± 0,01 and 1,35 ± 0,02 units). Based on the results of the study can be argued that children who are sick of ARVI studied parameters worse than healthy. Consequently, children often suffer from acute respiratory viral infections studied indicators were worse than in healthy children, hence the presence of cariogenic situation in the mouth, which leads to caries process in the hard tissue of teeth. The findings suggest the need for children in these preventive measures aimed at improving conditions for the process of mineralization of enamel that will enable to reduce prevalence and intensity of caries in children who often suffer from acute respiratory viral infections.
