Can different stages of leprosy treatment influence the profile of oral health? Oral status in leprosy.
Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal
; 23(4): e376-e383, 2018 Jul 01.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The aim of study was to evaluate the oral health status, salivary flow and halitosis among individuals diagnosed with leprosy as compared with healthy subjects. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
A sample of 160 individuals was allocated into four groups, as follows (G1) individuals with complete leprosy treatment; (G2) individuals diagnosed with leprosy and under multi-drug therapy; (G3) individuals diagnosed with leprosy not yet under treatment; and (G4) healthy individuals. Then individuals were submitted to periodontal clinical examination (visible plaque index, bleeding index, depth of probing and clinical attachment level); DMFT index (decayed-missing-filled teeth index); evaluation of salivary flow and halitosis using a halimeter equipment (Interscan Corp, Chatsworth, CA, USA).RESULTS:
The data were analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis and chi-square tests. The mean DMFT was found to be higher than 6.6, which is considered very high, with no significant difference between groups (P>0.05). As for salivary flow, 76.2% of the subjects presented normal flow rates, while 10% and 13.7% showed low and very low salivary flow rates, respectively, with hyposalivation being mostly observed in Groups 1 and 2. The highest prevalence of noticeable odor was found in healthy individuals (G4), and the most prevalent periodontal diagnosis was gingivitis (63.1%) in Group 3 (individuals with leprosy not yet under multi-drug therapy) followed by periodontitis (25%) in Group 1 (individuals who had completed leprosy treatment).CONCLUSIONS:
It was observed that individuals with a history of leprosy present poor oral health similar to that of systemically healthy individuals.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Salud Bucal
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Lepra
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Revista:
Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal
Asunto de la revista:
ODONTOLOGIA
Año:
2018
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Article