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. 2022 Oct 29;30(12):10233–10241. doi: 10.1007/s00520-022-07405-8

Table 2.

Oral health parameters and dental developmental disturbances in survivors of childhood MB/CNS-PNET related to age at treatment

Total (n = 46)  ≤ 5 years (n = 15)  > 5 years (n = 31) p value
DMFT score
  Median (IQR) 3 (0–8) 0 (0–4) 4 (1–10) 0.139
  Mean ± SD (min–max) 5.2 ± 6 (0–21) 1.7 ± 0.6 (0–6) 6.9 ± 1.2 (0–21)
Survivors with one, or more types of DDD, n (%) 14 (30.4) 11 3  < 0.001
Hypodontia
  Number of survivors, n (%) 10 (21.7) 7 3 0.004
  Number of teeth, n 29 24 5
Microdontia
  Number of survivors, n (%) 7 (15.2) 6 1 0.002
  Number of teeth, n 25 24 1
Enamel hypoplasia
  Number of survivors, n (%) 4 (8.7) 4 No 0.004
  Number of teeth, n 10 10 No
Maximum mouth opening (MMO) in mm
  Median (IQR) 40 (33.8–45) 34 (24–37) 42 (37–46) 0.021
  Mean ± SD (min–max) 38.5 ± 8.4 (16–55) 33.3 ± 2.4 (16–55) 41.1 ± 1.2 (28–51)
MMO ≤ 35 mm, n (%) 16 (35) 10 6 0.002
  Mean ± SD (min–max) 29.3 ± 5.6 (16–35)
MMO > 35 mm, n (%) 30 (65) 5 25
  Mean ± SD (min–max) 43.5 ± 4.7 (36–55)

MB medulloblastoma, CNS-PNET central nervous system supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor, DMFT decayed-missing-filled-teeth, IQR interquartile range, DDD dental development disturbances