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Caries in adolescents in relation to their skeletal status

  • Mikhail M. Kostik EMAIL logo , Diana A. Kuzmina , Valeria P. Novikova , Valentina I. Larionova and Larisa A. Scheplyagina
Published/Copyright: October 18, 2014
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
From the journal Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism Volume 28 Issue 3-4

Abstract

Objective: Despite well-known evidence of association of caries with bone metabolic diseases, there are only a small number of studies about caries and bone mineral density (BMD) on pediatric population. We evaluated the possibility of bone mineralization and metabolism disturbances in children with caries and compared them with healthy individuals.

Materials and methods: A total of 123 patients with caries (63 boys and 60 girls), aged 12–15 years, were included. The children were divided according caries stage: the decayed, missing, and filled tooth (DMFT) group (n=73) and the initial caries (IC) group (n=50), which have clinically active initial caries lesions on the enamel (“white spots”). Caries-free (CF) children (n=42) were the healthy controls. Bone mineralization was measured in all children with caries and healthy controls by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry of the lumbar spine (L1–L4). For the assessment of bone metabolism, osteocalcin, carboxy terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX), parathyroid hormone, Ca2+, inorganic phosphate, and total alkaline phosphatase were used.

Results: Children with DMFT have low BMD and BMD Z score in association with low osteocalcin and high CTX levels, compared with IC (p=0.008 and p=0.0001, respectively) and CF children (p<0.0000 and p=0.0001, respectively). In DMFT, Ca2+ was significantly higher compared with IC (p=0.01) and CF (p=0.003). Caries stages negatively correlated with BMD (r=–0.86, p<0.001). A differently directed correlation between CTX and osteocalcin was detected: CTX was negatively related to osteocalcin in the DMFT group (r=–0.22, p=0.043) and positively related in the IC (r=0.42, p=0.002) and CF children (r=0.58, p=0.0000).

Conclusions: Children with any caries stage have decreased BMD accompanied with increased bone resorption. We consider that caries could be a marker of impact bone mineralization and metabolism.

Keywords: bone mineral density; children; densitometry; dental caries; osteoporosis
Corresponding author: Mikhail M. Kostik, Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Lytovskaya 2, Saint-Petersburg 194100, Russian Federation, Phone/Fax: +7-812-4165298, E-mail:

Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of the patients and their families involved in this study.

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Received: 2014-4-14
Accepted: 2014-9-22
Published Online: 2014-10-18
Published in Print: 2015-3-1

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https://doi.org/10.1515/jpem-2014-0165
Keywords for this article
bone mineral density; children; densitometry; dental caries; osteoporosis

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