Orodental Changes Associated with Hepatic Disorders and it’s Clinicopathological Implications
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2020-06
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International Research Organization for Life & Health Sciences (IROLHS)
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Background: Hepatic complex can be vulnerable to numerous diseases ascribed to the intake of few drugs, alcohol, or infectionswhich manifests itself in oral cavity.Materials and Methods: The patients diagnosed as acute or chronic liver disease by clinical examination, liver function tests,and morphological examination which was selected. Detailed dental and oral examination was done and manifestations suchas the presence of gingival bleeding, oral lichen planus, xerostomia, sialadenitis, stomatitis, periodontal disease, and otherswere noted. The data were then subjected to statistical analysis.Results: Jaundice due to viral hepatitis (44.7%), alcoholic liver diseases (28%), alcoholic cirrhosis (18.7%), cirrhosis of liver(16%), hepatomegaly (14.7%), hepatic carcinoma (7.3%), and hepatitis B (6%) were the various liver disorders encountered.On oral examination, a significantly higher number of study subjects were detected with one or more oral abnormalities whencompared to subjects (P ≤ 0.05). Oral manifestations include periodontitis, halitosis, xerostomia, bald tongue, fissured tongue,hyperpigmentation, candidiasis, and oral lichen planus.Conclusion: The complex mechanism of liver and its susceptibility to a variety of dysfunction can not only have systemic butalso many oral manifestations.
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Hepatic disorders, Liver diseases, Orodental manifestations
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Das Surya Narayan, Bhuyan Lipsa. Orodental Changes Associated with Hepatic Disorders and it’s Clinicopathological Implications. International Journal of Scientific Study. 2020 Jun; 8(3): 134-137