TY - JOUR ID - TI - ABO Blood Type in Relation to Caries Experience and Salivary Physicochemical Characteristic among College Students at Al-Diwania Governorate in Iraq AU - Rania F. Kadhum AU - Ban Sahib Diab بان صاحب ذياب PY - 2015 VL - 27 IS - 4 SP - 125 EP - 131 JO - Journal of baghdad college of dentistry مجلة كلية طب الاسنان بغداد SN - 18171869 23115270 AB - Background: (ABO) Blood type have an effect on general health including oral health as salivary physicochemicalcharacteristics differ among different type of blood and as consequence these affect the severity of dental caries.The aim of the present study is to assess of the prevalence of caries experience among different blood type inrelation to salivary physicochemical characteristic.Materials and Methods: Two hundred and fifty females' college students in Al-Qadisyia University aged 18 years oldwere selected on random basis; they were divided to four groups according to their blood type, Dental experiencewas diagnosed and recorded according to DMFs Index (Mülemman, 1976), this allows recording decayed lesion byseverity. A sub sample was pooled for salivary analysis.Results: In the present study the blood type O was more common followed by B and A, whereas the less commonwas AB type, caries experiences (DMFs) and Ds component were found to be statistically significant among differentblood types. The most sever grade of dental caries D3 and D4 were higher among type AB and lowest sever grade D1among B blood type. While salivary flow rate significantly differ among differ blood type, viscosity higher but notsignificant among type AB. While salivary concentration of calcium and total protein were differ but not significant,opposite to alkaline phosphatase which was highly significant among different blood types.Conclusions: ABO blood type has an effect on salivary physical and chemical characteristic of saliva as effect onprevalence of caries

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