Clinical profile of oral mucosa lesions in elderly patients: a 20-year retrospective study / Perfil clínico das lesões da mucosa oral em pacientes idosos: um estudo retrospectivo de 20 anos
de Almeida Lança, MariaLeticia; Bagatini, Ana Thais; Morandin Ferrisse, Túlio; Fernandes, Darcy; de Oliveira Barbeiro, Camila; Sgavioli Massucato, Elaine Maria; Vilela Silva, Evânio; Navarro, Claudia Maria; Albergoni Silveira, Heitor; Bufalino, Andreia.
Rev. estomat. salud
; 31(1): 1-8, 20230123.
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Background:
Life expectancy has considerably increased resulting in population aging. Studies evaluating the outcomes of aging in oral health are scarce.Objective:
Evaluate retrospectively the profile of elderly patients from a public Oral Medicine Center during a period of 20 years.Methods:
A qualitative and quantitative retrospective observational study was conducted analyzing medical records from an oral medicine service from January 1994 to December 2014. Results were reported as mean ± standard deviation for quantitative variables and percentages for categorical variables. The Chi-square test and T-student test was applied with significance level of 5%.Results:
2,690 medical records were retrieved, comprising of 61% women and 39% men with an average ageof 68.8 ± 6.79 years. Xerostomia was significantly associated, hypoglycemic usage (p<0.0001), anticoagulantusage (p<0.0001), psychotropic usage (p<0.0001) and analgesics and anti-inflammatory usage (p<0.0001). Forcandidiasis, an association with age, xerostomía (p<0.0001), and use of complete dentures was found(p<0.0001). For oral squamous cell carcinoma and oral leukoplakia the tabacco (p<0.0001) and alcohol consumption (p<0.0001) were significant associated.Conclusion:
The elderly population was comprised mostly by women that use a large of drugs which wereassociated with xerostomia development. In addition, tabaco and alcohol consumption were associated withoral leukoplakia and OSCC being these two diseases more frequently in men. Dental care services should aimto prevent and treat these complications as way to improve the elderly's quality of life.
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