Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:32:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ManuelAGN.pdf: 643376 bytes, checksum: 66d328a589e98f0954a600fdd751c6b4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-19 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / The childhood cancer is characterized by a predominance of hematogenic and lymphatic system neoplasm, although a fTequency of the central nervous system tumors and sarcomas are widely common. Particularities of many childhood cancers and the adverses effect of the antineoplastic agents can change radically the oral environrnent and predisposes to the risk of oral complications. This study assessment clinically the oral health of 40 children on treatment for different types of malignant neoplasm with age range of O to 1S years old (Group I) and compared to 38 nonnal children in the same age range (Group lI). The results shown that nonnal patients had a gingival bleeding index (GBI) and caries experience minar than patients of Group lI, the visivel plaque index (VPI) was lightly higher in patients of Group 1. There was not difference statistically significant in the variables. Sixteen patients of Group I developed together 61 oral complications with predominance of mucositis, followed by spontaneous oral bleeding, candidiasis and xerostomy, that complication were most commons in patients with systemic neoplasm. Its was concluded that patients submitted to antineoplastic therapy with poor oral health had a higher risk to develop oral complications / O C?ncer na inf?ncia caracteriza-se pela predomin?ncia de neoplasias dos sistemas hematol?gicos e linf?tico,tumores do sistema nervoso central e v?rios tipos de sarcomas. Particularidades da pr?pria doen?a,assim como os efeitos colaterais dos agentes antineopl?sicos podem alterar radicalmente o meio ambiente bucal e predispor ? ocorr?ncia de complica??es estomatol?gicas.Este estudo avaliou clinicamente a sa?de bucal de 40 crian?as em tratamento para diferentes neoplasias malignas na faixa et?ria de 0 a 15 anos(Grupo I) e 38 crian?as saud?veis na mesma faixa et?ria (GrupoII).Os resultados mostraram que os pacientes do GrupoI apresentaram ISG e experi?ncia de carie menores que os GrupoII,enquanto que,o IPV foi levemente maior nos pacientes do GrupoI,por?m n?o foi observada diferen?a estatisticamente significativa no valor destas vari?veis entre os grupos avaliados.No GrupoI,16 pacientes desenvolveram em conjunto 61 casos de complica??es estomatol?gicas,com predomin?ncia da mucosite,seguida do sangramento oral espont?neo,candid?ase e xerostomia,as quais foram mais comuns nos pacientes em tratamento para neoplasias sist?micas.Concluimos que pacientes sob tratamento antineopl?sico, apresentado higiene oral deficiente,t?m um maior risco de desenvolver complica??es orais