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OBJETIVOS: Actualmente, gran número de mujeres, utilizan la THS para controlar sus problemas hormonales durante la menopausia. Del mismo modo, un porcentaje alto de ellas, presentan problemas en la cavidad bucal a nivel del periodonto. Es por ello que se ha marcado el siguiente objetivo para la realización del trabajo: Analizar el efecto que la menopausia, al producirse una disminución de hormonas, fundamentalmente de estrógenos, puede tener sobre la salud bucodental de la mujer y en concreto, sobre las características de la encía y el periodonto, verificando si estas características en cuanto a recesión gingival, dolor, movilidad dental y bolsas periodontales, nos permiten valorar el grado de descalcificación en la mujer menopáusica.PACIENTES: Mujeres en época menopáusica de 40 a 58 años, sometidas a terapia hormonal sustitutiva y que presentaban problemas gingivo-periodontales. La población total del estudio se constituyó con 210 pacientes. Se dividieron en dos grupos: uno que recibió THS con parches y otro que no recibió dicha terapia.MÉTODO: Se estableció para la recogida de datos, un protocolo ginecológico y otro odontoestomatológico. Se realizó una estadística descriptiva para las variables sociodemográficas, análisis de la varianza, test de MacNemar y test de Stuart-Maxwell para valorar la eficacia del tratamiento.RESULTADOS: El rango de edad de las pacientes estudiadas fue de 49 años. La THS actúa de factor de protección en el dolor dental y mejora la movilidad dental, y el sondaje de bolsas periodontales. No se encontraron resultados significativos respecto a la variable recesión gingival, tanto en las pacientes que no recibieron THS, como en las que fueron tratadas con parches.CONCLUSIONES: La respuesta de la THS con respecto a la enfermedad periodontal, está propiciada probablemente, por la presencia de los receptores estrogénicos, localizados en la encía y el ligamento periodontal
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 Nemars 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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Female , Adult , Humans , Multicenter Studies as Topic , Gingival Diseases/pathology , Menopause , Menopause/physiology , Hormone Replacement Therapy/methods , Clinical Protocols , Oral Hygiene , Tooth Diseases , Pain Measurement , Estrogen Antagonists , Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal/etiology , Tooth Mobility/etiology , Periodontal Pocket/etiology , Gingival Recession/etiology , Depression , Sleep Wake Disorders , Receptors, EstrogenABSTRACT
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, McNemar's 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.
