1Reader, Department Of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai
2Professor and Head of the Department Department Of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai
3Professor, Department Of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai
*Corresponding Author: Dr. E. Rajesh, Reader, Department Of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai-600100, Tamil Nadu, India. Email: rajeshomfp@gmail.com, Phone No: 9841006785
Online published on 26 September, 2019.
The aim of this study is to analyze the oral manifestations in Chronic renal failure patients, to assess the incidence of oral manifestations among male and female patients and to rank the commonly occurring oral manifestations in such patients.
The study was conducted by selecting patients suffering from chronic renal failure. The study group consist of 100 chronic renal failure patients. Patients between the age group 13–75 years were taken into the study. Patients with other systemic conditions like diabetes mellitus and hypertension were included in the study. Childrens upto 13years of age were excluded in the study.
Out of 100 patients, 66 patients were males and 34 patients were females. 15% of patients presented with halitosis. 14% of patients with xerostomia. 13% of patients with periodontitis. 10% of patients with leukoplakia. 9% of patients with depapillation. 7% of patients with gingival enlargement. 6% of patients with bad taste. 5% of patients with candidiasis and 2% of patients with central papillary atrophy of tongue.
In the study, drug assoiciated oral manifestations like xerostomia, bad taste, gingival hyperplasia were found and other conditions such as halitosis periodontitis, leukoplakia, depapillation, candidiasis, central papillary atrophy of tongue were also found which may be related to immunosuppression.
Chronic renal failure, leukoplakia, candidiasis, periodontitis
