Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Year : 2019, Volume : 13, Issue : 4
First page : ( 958) Last page : ( 962)
Print ISSN : 0973-9122. Online ISSN : 0973-9130.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0973-9130.2019.00422.5

The Association between Dental Caries and Some Salivary Parameters in Xerostomic Hypertensive Patients

Al-Fatlawi Fawzi¹, Adel Maha¹

¹College of Dentistry, University of Baghdad, Iraq

Online published on 27 November, 2019.

Abstract

In this comparison study, as saliva from 70 xerostomic hypertensive patients and 30 healthy controls were collected. The caries severity (DMFS), salivary flow rate, colony counts of s.mutans and colony counts of c.albicans were determined. The results showed a significant decrease of salivary flow rate with a higher colony count of both s.mutans and c.albicans in xerostomic hypertensive group as compared with control group, the results revealed that the caries severity (D₁-D₄) and the saliva flow rate among the included groups in the present study. The results revealed that there is a weak negative relationship between the all caries severity grades D₁, D₂, D₃ and D₄ and the flow rate in the study group individuals. The correlation between the caries experience and the S. mutans in the two studied groups is displayed The findings revealed a weak negative relationship between the DS and the S. mutans, however, there was a positive relationship between the MS, FS and DMFS and the S. mutans.

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Keywords

Dental caries, Xerostomia, Hypertension.

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