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Revista Cubana de Reumatología
versão On-line ISSN 1817-5996
Resumo
CHANG CALDERIN, Omarys e ALBAN HUTADO, Carlos Alberto. Oral health in patients with rheumatic diseases. Rev Cuba Reumatol [online]. 2022, vol.24, n.3 Epub 01-Set-2022. ISSN 1817-5996.
Introduction:
Oral health has been identified as one of the factors that can negatively influence the control of chronic diseases such as rheumatic diseases; Inflammatory and infectious processes constitute the main alterations of oral health in patients with this type of disease.
Objective:
To evaluate the oral health of patients with rheumatic diseases treated at the Hospital General Andino de Chimborazo.
Methods:
A basic, non-experimental and descriptive research was carried out with a universe of 169 patients with rheumatic diseases treated at the Andean General Hospital of Chimborazo during the period December 2021 - April 2022. The sample was made up of 136 patients who met the inclusion criteria defined for the research. Each of them underwent a general oral examination to identify the oral health alterations present in each case.
Results:
Average age of 51.23 years, predominance of female patients (78.68%), diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (77.20%) and evolution time of rheumatic disease less than 5 years (44.12%). 72.80% of the patients presented at least one oral disease. Partial or total adentia (61.62%) and the presence of dental caries (52.52%) were the most frequently identified. 30.88% of patients only go to dental control in the presence of pain and in 71.32% oral health was considered inadequate.
Conclusions:
A high percentage of patients with rheumatic disease who presented at least one oral condition was identified. There was a predominance of patients who only attend a dental consultation in the presence of an urgency or emergency. The oral health of the patients is inadequate.
Palavras-chave : rheumatoid arthritis; rheumatic disease; gingivitis; systemic lupus erythematosus; oral health.