Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence on gingiva using DPH therapy in infants. The subjects were 18 epileptics and 20 normal infants as controls with clinically healthgingiva who were examined for the pocket depth, the plaque index, and the gingival bleeding index (GBI). The interrelationships among pocket depth and DPH dose, term of dose, DPH concentration in plasma were investigated.
The following results were obtained.
(1) The plaque index in the DPH group was higher than that in the control group.
(2) The pocket depth in the DPH group was deeper than that in the control group. The pocket depth in the DPH group was deeper in the posterior area.
(3) Almost all the children with high GBI were in the DPH group.
(4) No interrelationships were obtained among pocket depths in the DPH group with clinically health-gingiva and DPH dose, term, DPH concentration in plasma.
