Frequency of Hypodontia After Chemotherapy in Childhood Cancer Survivors Study

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hypodontia

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: dental panorama

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03445026

CEBD-CU-2018-02-20

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to provide information on the frequency of hypodontia in children cancer survivors receiving chemotherapy before 4 years of age.Patients who met the eligibility criteria will be given a structured questionnaire to fill followed by a radiographic examination (dental panorama) for confirmation and standardization of the results.

Enrollment: 144 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged 4 years or less when they first started their antineoplastic chemotherapy
• Both genders
• Able to cooperate

Exclusion criteria

• Children with known family history of hypodontia
• Children with any associated developmental anomalies (eg, ectodermal dysplasia, cleft lip or palate and Down syndrome)
• Children who received radiotherapy
• Children with previous loss of teeth due to trauma, caries, periodontal disease or extraction 5- Children who received bone marrow transplantation 6-Parents/patients unwilling to give informed consent