Oral Findings in Postmenopausal Women Attending Dental Hospital in Western Part of India
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Santosh, Patil; Nidhi, Sinha; Sumita, Kaswan; Farzan, Rahman; Bharati, Doni; Ashok, KP
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Aquest document és un/a article, creat/da en: 2013
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Objectives: To know the nature, incidence and severity of oral manifestations occurring in postmenopausal women.
Study design: Oral changes were observed in 365 postmenopausal women and 365 age matched male individuals
attending the department of Oral Medicine and Radiology. The patients were asked about complaints of dry mouth,
taste and breath changes, mucosal and facial pain and were examined for oral changes such as ulceration, white and
red lesions. The results obtained from the study were then correlated with various other similar studies.
Results: The important oral findings in postmenopausal women were mucosal burning/pain (25.8%), dry mouth
(27.1%), altered taste (3.6%), altered breath (6.3%) and facial pain (3.6%). Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) was
significantly more common in males (5.5%) as compared to postmenopausal females (1.9%).
Conclusion: Results from the present study reveal that oral symptoms are common problems in postmenopausal
women. Postmenopausal patients showed significantly more oral changes than the control. These changes could be
related to the hormone alterations. Therefore, dentists need to refer postmenopausal women with oral symptoms to
a gynaecologist for more careful examinations and medical interventions if necessary.
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