Erosive Effect of Aspirin on Primary Teeth Enamel in Children with Heart Disease (An In vivo study)

Aim: The purpose of this in vivo study was to Comparing prevalence of dental erosion in different groups of children with heart diseases. Materials and Methods: A total of 51 children from the outpatient’sclinic of national heart institute, were included in this study their age ranged from 3-15 years old, children were divided into three groups according to doses of aspirin taken : (A) : children with RHD who take aspirin in high dose for short duration in chewable form 75mg/kg/day, n=17 children, (B)children with cyanotic heart diseases who take aspirin in low dose for long duration in chewable form 5mg/kg/day, n=17 children, (C) :children with acyanotic heart disease who don’t take aspirin n=17 children.  All children were examined intra orally to measure dental erosion by using o`sullivan erosion index. Results: The highest percentage of dental erosion was found in Group (B) followed by Group (A) then Group (C).  Conclusion: In this in vivo study aspirin caused dental erosion due to its acidic pH=3 but sever erosion occurred in the group of children who consumed aspirin for long duration