The relationship between the salivary buffer capacity test (CAT21 Buf Test) results and caries status in Mongolian preschool children |
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| Institution: | 1. Molecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100, Pavia, Italy;2. Virology Unit; Fondazione Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore, Policlinico, Milano, Italy;3. Neonatology and Intensive Neonatal Care Unit, Fondazione Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore, Policlinico, Milano, Italy;4. Neonatal Department, Neonatology and Intensive Neonatal Care, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy;1. Center for Metabolic Bone Disease and Molecular Research, Shriners Hospital for Children, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA;2. Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA;3. Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry 605006, India;4. Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis Children''s Hospital, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between results of a salivary buffer test (CAT21 Buf Test) and caries status in 507 preschool children, who were 4–6 years old in Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia. The prevalence of caries in the preschool children was 96.1%, and the mean deft and d teeth were 8.1 and 7.2, respectively. The mean CAT21 Buf Test score was 53.3% for low risk (high buffer capacity) and 46.7% for high risk (low buffer capacity). When salivary buffer score was divided into two groups (high risk, low risk), mean deft differed a significantly between the two groups (ANOVA P < 0.001). The high risk group had a mean deft higher than that of the low risk group. These results suggest that the CAT21 Buf Test is useful for clinical application in children. Furthermore, when the CAT21 Buf Test score was higher, a higher correlation was shown with caries status. |
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| Keywords: | Dental caries Salivary buffer test (CAT21 Buf Test) |
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