Oral health status, salivary pH status, and counts in dental plaques and saliva of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Background: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), accounting for 23% of all malignancies in children, is the most prevalent pediatric malignancy. This study compared dental caries, oral hygiene status, salivary pH, and counts in dental plaques and saliva of children with leukemia with those of healthy controls.

Materials And Methods: This case-control cross-sectional study assessed 32 children with ALL and 32 healthy children (4-9-year-old) for gingival bleeding index (GBI), decayed, missing, and filled/decayed, missing, and filled surfaces (DMF/dmfs), and plaque index (PI).