Abstract:
Gastroesophageal reflux disease is one of the most common, potentially dangerous
gastroenterological diseases and according to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, diseases of
the gastrointestinal tract occupy one of the first places in the structure of childhood somatic
pathology and tend to increase. It should be noted that for the most part, clinical
manifestations of the gastroduodenal disease, which include gastroesophageal reflux disease,
in children who are not always able to characterize their condition, are nonspecific, and
therefore are diagnosed untimely. It is known that gastroesophageal reflux disease is
characterized by a variety of clinical manifestations, including extra-extravascular, among
which dental are some of the most common. Taking into account the fact that the oral cavity
is an integral part of the gastrointestinal tract, the presence of gastroesophageal reflux with
gastric contents rudely disturbs the existing acid-base balance and the composition of the
microbiocenosis of the oral cavity in children. In particular, 82.35% of pediatric patients who
suffered from gastroesophageal reflux disease had erosion of the hard dental tissues.
The authors conducted deep meta-analysis of the main pathogenetic mechanisms of
oral manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux disease in children.
