Real-World Evidence on the Prevalence of Molar Incisor Hypomineralization in School Children from Bucharest, Romania
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
- Patients with mixed or permanent dentition.
- Age between 6 and 15 years old.
- Participants having at least one permanent molar and one permanent incisor partially or totally erupted, to ensure an accurate examination [8].
- Uncooperative patients.
- Patients wearing fixed orthodontic appliances.
- Patients with generalized hypomineralization defects.
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Patient Characteristic | Variable Category | Individuals with MIH (n = 38) | Individuals without MIH (n = 228) | Total (n = 266) | Statistical Analysis |
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Patient sex | Male | 23 (60.5%) | 120 (52.6%) | 143 (53.8%) | p = 0.234 |
Female | 15 (39.5%) | 108 (47.4%) | 123 (46.2%) | ||
Type of dentition | Mixed | 33 (86.8%) | 183 (80.3%) | 216 (81.2%) | p = 0.236 |
Permanent | 5 (13.2%) | 45 (19.7%) | 50 (18.8%) | ||
Carious lesions | Present | 32 (84.2%) | 188 (82.5%) | 220 (82.7%) | p = 0.502 |
Absent | 6 (15.8%) | 40 (17.5%) | 46 (17.3%) | ||
Age in years | Median (IQR) | 8 (8–11) | 10 (8–11) | 10 (8–11) | p = 0.268 |
Site Assessed | Presence of Hypomineralization | Individuals with MIH (n = 38) | Individuals without MIH (n = 228) | Total (n = 266) | Statistical Analysis |
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Maxillary first molar | Yes | 18 (100%) | 0 (0.0%) | 18 (6.8%) | OR = 1.9, 95% CI: 1.4–2.6, p < 0.001 |
No | 20 (8.1%) | 228 (91.9%) | 248 (93.2%) | ||
Mandibular first molar | Yes | 35 (100%) | 0 (0.0%) | 35 (13.2%) | OR = 12.7, 95% CI: 4.3–37.5, p < 0.001 |
No | 3 (1.3%) | 228 (98.7%) | 231 (86.8%) | ||
Maxillary incisor | Yes | 36 (94.7%) | 2 (5.3%) | 38 (14.3%) | OR = 2034, 95% CI: 278–14,899, p < 0.001 |
No | 2 (0.9%) | 226 (99.1%) | 228 (85.7%) | ||
Mandibular incisor | Yes | 14 (100%) | 0 (0.0%) | 14 (5.3%) | OR = 1.6, 95% CI: 1.2–2.0, p < 0.001 |
No | 24 (9.5%) | 228 (90.5%) | 252 (94.7%) | ||
Deciduous second molar | Yes | 2 (100%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.8%) | OR = 1.1, 95% CI: 1.0–1.2, p = 0.020 |
No | 36 (13.6%) | 228 (85.4%) | 264 (99.2%) |
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Ciocan, B.; Săndulescu, M.; Luca, R. Real-World Evidence on the Prevalence of Molar Incisor Hypomineralization in School Children from Bucharest, Romania. Children 2023, 10, 1563. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10091563
Ciocan B, Săndulescu M, Luca R. Real-World Evidence on the Prevalence of Molar Incisor Hypomineralization in School Children from Bucharest, Romania. Children. 2023; 10(9):1563. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10091563
Chicago/Turabian StyleCiocan, Beatrice, Mihai Săndulescu, and Rodica Luca. 2023. "Real-World Evidence on the Prevalence of Molar Incisor Hypomineralization in School Children from Bucharest, Romania" Children 10, no. 9: 1563. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10091563