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Dental Caries Status and Relevant Factors in Children with Primary Nephrotic Syndrome in National Children Hospital, Vietnam Tong Minh Son Nguyen Thu Huong Tran Thi My Hanh Ha Ngoc Chieu Le Thi Thuy Linh Pham Thi PhuongLe Hung<p><strong>Objectives:</strong> 1) To give a description for dental caries status of children suffer ing primary nephrotic syndrome in National Children’s Hospital 2016-2017; 2) to provide a comment on mentioned-above children dental caries rate related factors.</p><p><strong>Method:</strong> this is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on 236 children 6-14 years old who are diagnosed with primary nephrotic syndrome and under treatment in Department of Nephrology -Dialysis in National Children’s Hospital from 11/2016 to 5/2017.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Caries rate of researched object is 90.7%; 6-8 group presents a deciduous teeth-caries rate of 9%, dmft index: 6.54; Group 9-11 and 12-14 presents a permanent teeth-caries of 73.4% (DMFT = 2.39) and 87.1 (DMFT = 3.58) respectively.</p><p>The patient group sufferingsteroid-resistant type presents a risk of 3.21 times higher than the group with steroid-dependent type (OR = 3.21 and 95% CI is 1 .09-9.42); The group with steroid-sensitive type presents a risk of 3.03 times higher than the group with steroid-dependent type (OR=3.03 and 95%CI is 1.0 – 9.65).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Caries rate in children related to primary nephrotic syndrome is signifi cantly high. Oral hygiene practice of children related to pr imary nephrotic syndrome is a caries rate related factor.</p> International Journal of Oral and Craniofacial Science - Peertechz Publications 2018-01-02 Research Article https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-4634.000034 en Copyright © Tong Minh Son et al.