20th Annual Congress of the Hungarian Transplantation SocietyRenal TransplantationOral Health Status of Kidney Transplant Patients
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Methods
The investigations were carried out at the Surgery Clinic and at the Dental and Maxillofacial Clinic of the University of Pécs. We compiled a dental questionnaire survey and administered it to 178 kidney-transplant patients, of whom 14 patients volunteered for dental examinations; 14 similar-aged healthy individuals were also recruited as a control group (Table 1). The transplant patients included 7 women and 7 men, whereas the control group included 6 women and 8 men. The average age of the
Results
A significant decrease in the amount of saliva (1.74 ± .29 mL, P = .0002) was found in renal transplant patients compared to the control group (5.39 ± .31 mL). Gingival hyperplasia developed in 57.12% of the transplant patients, which was categorized as stage I in 42.86% of these patients and stage II in 14.26%, based on the hyperplasia. The control group did not develop gingival hyperplasia, indicating a significant difference between the 2 groups (P < .001).
Of the patients suffering from
Conclusion
Results showed a higher incidence of oral lesions in transplant patients, confirming the results of previous studies [12]. With regard to dry mouth, the amount of saliva had significantly decreased in transplant patients compared to the control group. Dry mouth can develop as a result of taking antihypertensives or different drugs acting on the immune system, as well as fluid intake habits [13], [14].
There was no discrepancy in the pH values of the saliva, indicating that the transplanted
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This study was supported by the Hungarian Medical Research Council (grant no. EFOP-3.6.3-VEKOP-16-2017-00009).