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Comparison of the effect of pharmacotherapy and neuro-feedback therapy on oral health of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry, Vafaei, Ali ; Vafaei, Iman ; Noorazar, Gholamreza ; Akbarzadeh, Rafegh ; Erfanparast, Leila ; Shirazi, Sajjad. Comparison of the effect of pharmacotherapy and neuro-feedback therapy on oral health of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. En: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry, 10 4 2018: 306-311, RODERIC. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat de Valéncia, instname
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Medicina Oral, S.L., 2018.
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Abstract
- Background Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic and progressive mental disorder related to the childhood period. This study aims to compare the oral health of two groups of ADHD children: those under pharmacotherapy and those under neuro-feedback therapy. Material and methods 72 ADHD children (aged 6-12) were divided into two 36 member groups: The pharmacotherapy group and the neuro-feedback therapy group. Unstimulated salivary flow (USF), DMFT, and plaque index were assessed in these children. Statistical analysis was carried out on the data with the independent t-test, which was performed using SPSS 16. The significance level of the study was p Results In this study, the USF of ADHD children who used Ritalin was found to be significantly less than that of the neuro-feedback group (1.25 ± 1.21 vs. 1.91 ± 1.16 ml/min; p=0.002). Also, the plaque index (5.9 ± 3.1 vs. 3.94 ± 1.9; p=0.018) and DMFT scores (39% ± 9% vs. 31% ± 9%; p=0.018) were significantly higher for the pharmacotherapy group. Conclusions Neuro-feedback therapy is preferable to Ritalin treatment for ADHD children in terms of their oral health status. Key words:Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, drug therapy, neurofeedback, oral health.
- Subjects :
- Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Plaque index
business.industry
Research
Therapy group
030206 dentistry
Oral health
CIENCIAS MÉDICAS [UNESCO]
medicine.disease
Community and Preventive Dentistry
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pharmacotherapy
Childhood - period
Statistical significance
UNESCO::CIENCIAS MÉDICAS
medicine
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Neurofeedback
business
General Dentistry
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19895488
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....21bec974944a4f9fa543a7de3b54347a