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mkg-827	Rosdiana, Rosdiana; Rizal, Mochammad Fahlevi	The relation between salivary sIgA level and caries incidence in Down syndrome children	2012	5	.pdf	application/pdf	4482	267	49	Some researches even have found that high rate of infection in Down syndrome patients is caused by immune system disorders.1,14 This can be shown by a defect in neutrophil chemotaxis of PMN leukocytes, antibody response damage against specific pathogens, decreasing number of T lymphocyte cells and immaturity of lymphocyte cells T.14 Caries in Down syndrome children Down syndrome children have significantly lower prevalence of caries than normal children.4,5,15 Caries lesion in Down syndrome children is limited to the occlusal surface, while in smooth and proximal surface are rarely occurs.5 Down syndrome children have good resistance against caries, and some of them are even free of caries.4 These conditions were related to delay in eruption of primary and permanent teeth, less contamination of cariogenic foods, hypodontia, microdontia, the interdental space, and high salivary pH.1,5 Previous studies have reported that 29.4–53% of Down syndrome children are free of caries, whereas only 0.5% of normal children are free of caries.4,6 Microorganism that plays role in the caries process is S. Purpose: This review was aimed to review the relation between salivary sIgA level and caries incidence in Down syndrome children.	cache/mkg-827.pdf	txt/mkg-827.txt