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DENTAL CARIES AND PERIODONTAL DISORDERS IN CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE.
Medical Journal, Armed Forces India 2001 January
Bacterial infections are frequent complications in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD). A potential source of infection may be dental foci. This study was carried out to assess the association of CLD with dental caries and periodontal disease. Dental caries and periodontal examinations were performed prospectively in patients with CLD (group A) and controls without any liver disease (group B). Similar examination was also carried out in alcoholics without liver disease (group C) as well as in cases with portal hypertension but no liver disease (group D) i.e. patients with Non Cirrhotic Portal Fibrosis and Extrahepatic portal obstruction. A total of 231 subjects (Group A:83, group B: 75, group C:46 and group D:27) were studied. Group A included 32 cases with chronic hepatitis B&C, 26 with alcoholic cirrhosis, 14 with postnecrotic cirrhosis, and 11 with cryptogenic cirrhosis. Measures of oral hygiene (p < 0.01), dental care (p < 0.001), and periodontal parameters were worse and the number of teeth requiring treatment (p < 0.05) was higher in alcoholics with or without cirrhosis than in healthy subjects and nonalcoholic patients with cirrhosis. Alcoholics had a lower, total number of teeth than patients without alcohol abuse and healthy controls (p < 0.01). The dental caries and periodontal status of patients with nonalcoholic cirrhosis did not differ significantly from group B. The severity and duration of liver disease had no influence on dental caries and periodontal disease. The presence of chronic alcohol abuse rather than cirrhosis or portal hypertension is a major predisposing factor for dental caries and periodontal diseases. In alcoholics, these diseases appear to be caused primarily by bad oral hygiene and poor dental care.
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