Prevalence of Dental Caries, Cyst and Cleft Palate in Children and Their Treatment with Endodontic Treatment, Surgical Procedures and Obturator Prosthesis, Respectively.

Abstract

Background: This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of dental caries, cyst and cleft palate in children and their treatment with endodontic treatment, surgical procedures and obturator prosthesis, respectively.

Material and methods: This study comprised of 90 children. The subjects belonged to the age group of 1-5 years. The mean age of the children was 3.1 years. The subjects underwent clinical examination and were planned for treatment accordingly. The procedure was explained to the parents of the children and were asked for consent on the behalf of their child. Those subjects whose parents were ready to give consent had been included while those whose parents did not give consent had been excluded. It was discovered that 30 subjects had dental caries, 30 subjects had cyst in the oral cavity and 30 subjects had cleft palate. Appropriate endodontic treatment was planned for those with dental caries. Surgical procedures to get rid off the cyst had been planned for the children who had cyst in their oral cavity and for the ones with cleft palate, obturator was designed. These subjects had been divided into 3 groups of 30 each based on their condition. Statistical analysis had been conducted using SPSS software.

Results: In this study, there were 90 subjects who were divided into 3 groups of 30 each. Group 1 comprised of subjects who had dental caries. In the second group, children had cyst in their oral cavity and in the last group, cleft palate children were present. In this study, there were 90 children out of which 53 were male and 37 were female. Out of 30 children with dental caries, 16 subjects had enamel caries which was treated using pit and fissure sealants, 12 subjects with dental caries were treated with filling of base and composite and 2 subjects with root caries had been treated with root canal treatment followed by a stainless-steel crown. Out of 30 children, 1 child had dermoid cyst that was surgically excised, 3 children had dentigerous cyst which was treated by enucleation and 26 subjects had asymptomatic eruption cyst which required no treatment. Remaining 30 subjects had cleft palate which was treated by giving obturator and also with speech therapy.

Conclusion: Endodontic treatment for dental caries comprised of pit and fissure sealants for enamel caries, composite filling for dentinal caries and root canal treatment for cervical and root caries. The eruption cysts required no treatment because they were asymptomatic, dentigerous cysts had been enucleated and the dermoid cyst was removed surgically. The subjects with cleft palate were treated using obturator. There was high prevalence of eruption cyst in children aging between 1-5 years. The most common caries was dentinal caries and the least common caries among children was root caries.