Periodontal Health in Children with Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Authors

  • C Starkhammar Johansson Center for Oral Rehabilitation, Linköping, and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping
  • A Dimitrijevic Carlsson Center for Oral Rehabilitation, Linköping, and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden - Orofacial Pain and Jaw Function, Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden - Scandinavian Center for Orofacial Neurosciences (SCON),Malmö
  • K Wahlund Department of Orofacial Pain and Jaw Function, Kalmar County Hospital, Kalmar
  • P Alstergren Orofacial Pain and Jaw Function, Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden - Scandinavian Center for Orofacial Neurosciences (SCON),Malmö, Sweden - Skåne University Hospital, Specialized Pain Rehabilitation, Lund

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23804/ejpd.2024.1913

Keywords:

Bacteria anaerobic, children, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, periodontal disease, temporomandibular joint disorders

Abstract

AIM: To investigate gingival inflammation and prevalence of four specific periodontal associated pathogens in Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in relation to orofacial pain, jaw function and systemic inflammatory activity in JIA. METHODS: Forty-five children with JIA and 16 healthy children as controls, were enrolled. Subjects were examined and classified according to the diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders (DC/TMD). Pain, pain-related disability and jaw function were also assessed. A clinical periodontal examination was performed. Subgingival plaque samples were collected and analyzed for semiquantitative levels of the following periodontal pathogens; Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomintans, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia and Treponema denticola. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that the periodontal disease-associated bacteria P. gingivalis and T. forsythia do not contribute to neither periodontal disease, systemic inflammatory activity nor orofacial pain and jaw dysfunction, including TMJ arthritis, in JIA patients in Sweden.