IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON ORAL HEALTH CARE IN CHILDREN WITH LEUKEMIA – A REVIEW

Aim of the study This paper aims to review existent literature regarding the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on oral health care in children with leukaemia. Material and methods An evaluation of the literature was carried out, after searching available databases for the following terms: COVID-19, oral care, paediatric oncology patients. Results The COVID-19 pandemic seems to have strongly interfered with dental care management of paediatric patients in terms of altering or disrupting treatments, restricting procedures and techniques, and an overall decrease in paediatric dental procedures worldwide. Literature is scarce regarding oral healthcare of paediatric oncology patients not only but especially during this period. Conclusions: Further studies are required to evaluate the amplitude of factors which impacted oral health in children with leukaemia

Research Regarding Dental Mobility Phenomena in the Clinical Recognition Diagnosis of Temporomandibular Disorders

The main objective of this study is to quantify the implications of the complications of periodontal pathology and dental mobility on the pathology of dysfunctional algo syndrome, a clinical entity with profound implications for the patient’s quality of life. Methodology: Clinical and laboratory evaluation was conducted in the 2018–2022 period, on a group of 110 women and 130 men, aged between 20–69, selected from our practice venue, Policlinica Stomatologica nr. 1 Iasi, Clinical Base of Dentistry Education “Mihail Kogalniceanu” Iasi, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi and “Apollonia” University Iasi. Overall, 125 subjects were diagnosed with periodontal disease with complications and TMJ disorders and followed periodontal therapy in the context of oral complex rehabilitation treatments (study group); the results of their clinical evaluation were compared with the results of the evaluation of the control group, made from the other 115 patients). Results: Dental mobility and gingival recession were identified as more frequent in the study sample compared with the control sample, the differences being statistically significant in both cases. In total, 26.7% of patients had different types of TMJ disorders and 22.9% of patients had occlusal changes; the percentages are slightly increased in the study sample compared with the control one, but the recorded differences are not statistically significant. Conclusions: Dental mobility, most of the time, is a negative consequence of periodontal disease, leading to the alteration of the mandibular-cranial relations, materializing in an important proportion as an etiopathogenic factor of the dysfunctional syndrome of the stomatognathic system