The effect of various methods of primary pathogenetic dental caries prevention on the mineral composition of the oral cavity in the oilfield workers of the north of the Tomsk region

Abstract

The summary The effect of various methods of primary pathogenetic dental caries prevention of on the mineral composition of the oral cavity in oil workers of the North of the Tomsk region was surveyed. 120 oilfield workers of the North between the ages of 35 and 44 were surveyed, there being four survey groups: a control group, the first, the second and the third groups. In the control group, there was carried out no primary prevention. The first group was subject to deep fluoridation. In the second group immune correctors and antioxidants were prescribed. The third group received comprehensive prevention: deep fluoridation, immune correctors and antioxidants. The groups were surveyed both prior to carrying out prevention and one year after preventive measures taking. The survey revealed that the oilfield workers of the North having received no primary prevention, had a significant dental caries increase together with calcium and sodium saliva concentration decrease. In the first and second prevention groups, the reduction of increase caries ranged between 26.4% and 18.3%, the mineral composition of the oral fluid had not changed. Comprehensive prevention proved to be the most effective, dental caries growth reduction within the group being 49.6%. The effect was accompanied by an increase in the concentration of calcium and phosphorus in the oral fluid.