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Mais um importante artigo sobre Periodontia Médica é aceito pelo Journal of Periodontal Research

O trabalho realizado pelo nosso grupo em pacientes renais crônicos foi aceito no Journal of Periodontal Research. O titulo, autores e o abstract se encontram abaixo:

Extension and severity of chronic periodontitis in chronic kidney disease patients
Fernanda Brito, Susyane Almeida, Carlos Marcelo Silva Figueredo, Rachel Bregman, José Hermógenes Rocco Suassuna & Ricardo Guimarães Fischer.

Abstract
Background: Chronic inflammatory diseases have been investigated as a possible source of inflammation in chronic kidney disease patients (CKD). However, there is a shortage of information about the prevalence of periodontitis in such individuals. Therefore, the aim of this cross sectional study was to determine the extension and severity of periodontitis in (CKD) patients undergoing three different treatment modalities: predialysis patients, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and hemodialysis (HD), and to compare with the findings from systemic healthy
individuals.

Methods: Forty CAPD patients (mean age= 52 ± 12 years), 40 HD patients (mean age= 50 ± 10 years), 51 predialysis patients (mean age= 54 ± 11 years) and 67 healthy individuals (mean age= 50 ± 7 years) were examined. The periodontal examination included probing pocket depth (PPD), clinical attachment loss (CAL), bleeding on probing (BOP) and presence of plaque. Patients with at least 4 sites with CAL ≥ 6mm were considered as severe chronic periodontitis (CP), and with at least 30% of the sites with CAL ≥ 4mm generalized CP.

Results: Predialysis and HD patients had significantly more sites with CAL ≥ 6mm than healthy individuals. CAPD patients had similar periodontal conditions as healthy ones. There were significantly more patients with severe CP in predialysis and HD patients.

Conclusions: Predialysis and HD are associated with higher prevalence of severe periodontitis compared to healthy and CAPD individuals.