The association between sickle cell disease and dental caries in African Americans.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2006
Abstract
This study sought to determine whether there was an association between sickle cell disease (SCD) and dental caries in African-American adults. A sample of 102 African-American adult patients with SCD from Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland, were matched to 103 African-American adult subjects, who did not have SCD. The match was by age, gender and recruitment location. Each subject underwent a standardized oral examination as well as an interview to ascertain risk factors for dental caries. For individuals with incomes of less than dollars 15,000, subjects with SCD had more decayed (10.36 versus 1.58) and fewer filled (2.86 versus 8.45) surfaces compared to subjects without SCD with both differences being statistically significant (p< 0.05) after adjusting for age and gender. The results suggest that low-income African Americans with SCD may be at increased risk for dental caries and are less likely to receive treatment with a restoration.
Volume
26
Issue
3
First Page
95
Last Page
100
ISSN
0275-1879
Published In/Presented At
Laurence, B., George, D., Woods, D., Shosanya, A., Katz, R. V., Lanzkron, S., Diener-West, M., & Powe, N. (2006). The association between sickle cell disease and dental caries in African Americans. Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry, 26(3), 95–100. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-4505.2006.tb01430.x
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
16774185
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article