Oral health of Chinese people with systemic sclerosis
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : C. H. Chu & Clive M. K. Yeung & Ian A. Lai & W. Keung Leung & Mo Yin Mok
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
The aim was to study oral health status, salivary function, and oral features of Chinese people with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). Chinese people with SSc attending a university specialist clinic were invited for a questionnaire survey and a clinical examination. Ethics approval was sought (UW 08-305). Gender- and age-matched individuals without SSc who attended a university dental hospital were recruited for comparison. Forty-two SSc patients with a mean age of 54.0±12.2 were examined. This study found no Chinese people with systemic sclerosis were periodontally healthy and many (76%) had periodontal pockets despite most of them (93%) practiced daily tooth-brushing. They all had caries experience (DMFT=10.5) and many (65%) had untreated decay. Mucosal telangiectasia was a common oral feature (80%). They had lower resting salivary flow rates (0.18± 0.17 ml/min vs. 0.31±0.21 ml/min; p=0.003) and pH values (6.90±0.40 vs. 7.28±0.31; p<0.001) and reduced maximal mouth opening (40.1±6.5 mm vs. 43.6±7.0 mm) than people without SSc.
Clin Oral Invest DOI 10.1007/s00784-010-0472-0 Received: 22 July 2010 / Accepted: 28 September 2010
