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انتشار النخر السني لدى الأطفال المصابين بالأمراض القلبية في مشافي مدينة دمشق الحكومية
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يشكل الأطفال المصابون بالأمراض القلبية شريحة مهمة و متزايدة في المجتمع السوري، و نظراً إلى أهمية هذه المجموعة من المرضى و تأثير مستوى الصحة الفموية فيها و خصوصية التعامل معها و خاصة من قبل طبيب الأسنان لذلك كان من الأهمية بمكان دراسة انتشار النخور عند هؤلاء المرضى. هدف البحث إلى دراسة نسبة انتشار النخور و مستوى الرعاية الصحية الفموية المقدمة عند الأطفال المصابين بالأمراض القلبية، و ذلك على مستوى مشافي مدينة دمشق.
The number of children with heart diseases in the Syrian society is constantly growing , In view of the importance of oral health and oral manifestations to this group of patients and the difficulties which dentists face in treating them , it is very important to study oral health and the dental caries prevalence. This study seeks to determine the prevalence of dental caries and to evaluate previous dental treatment in children with heart diseases in Damascus hospitals.
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