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Periodontal aspects in menopausal women undergoing hormone replacement therapy
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Aspectos periodontales en mujeres menopáusicas con terapia hormonal sustitutiva
Autor(es)
Materia
Periodontium
Menopause
Hormone replacement therapy
Clasificación UNESCO
3213.13 Estomatología
Fecha de publicación
2005-03
Editor
Medicina Oral S.L.
Citación
López-Marcos, J. F., García-Valle, S., & García-Iglesias, A. A. (2005). Periodontal aspects in menopausal women undergoing hormone replacement therapy. Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal, 10(2), 132–141.
Resumen
[EN]AIMS: Currently, an important number of women use HRT to
control their hormonal problems during menopause. A large
percentage of these have problems at periodontal level. The
present study aims at examining the effects that menopause, due
to a decline in the synthesis of hormones, mainly of estrogens,
can cause on the oral dental health of such women; in particular
on the characteristics of the gingiva and periodontium, checking whether characteristics such as gingival recession, pain,
tooth mobility and periodontal pocket formation might permit
physicians to evaluate the degree of bone loss in menopausal
woman.
PATIENTS: Menopausal women aged 40 to 58 years of age
undergoing hormone replacement therapy that had gingival
periodontal disturbances. The total population of the study
comprised 210 patients, divided into two groups. One group
received HRT administered in patches and the other group did
not receive this therapy.
METHOD: Gynecologic and odonto-stomatologic protocols
were established for data collection. In order to assess the
efficacy of the treatment a descriptive statistical study for sociodemographic variables, analysis of variance, Mc Nemarʼs
test and the Stuart Maxwell test were performed.
RESULTS: The mean age of the patients studied was 49.6 years.
HRT acts as a protective factor in dental pain and improves tooth
mobility and depth of the probing of periodontal pockets. With
respect to the variable gingival recession, no significant results
were found either for the group not receiving HRT or for the
group being treated with patches.
CONCLUSIONS: The response to the HR therapy in periodontal
disease is probably due to the existence of estrogen receptors
localized in the gingiva and in the periodontal ligament.
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1137-2834
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