Professor & Head, Department of Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Online published on 27 March, 2020.
Many systemic diseases have their manifestations in the oral cavity which sometimes aids in the diagnosis of the systemic disease. It is imperative that, dentists or oral physicians ought to be aware of the different systemic diseases, the drugs that are given for their treatment and also the drug interactions in the patients with the said disease. Cardiac, respiratory and cardiac diseases are very common and many patients with such diseases report to the dentist with dental ailments. This overview aims at increasing the awareness regarding the cardiac, respiratory and renal diseases which have known oral manifestations.
Cardiac disease, oral manifestations, systemic disease
