Oral manifestations of patients with inflammatory bowel disease
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Triantafillidis, J.K.
Zervou, Flora
Merikas, E.
Gikas, A.
Sklavaina, Maria
Loukopoulos, J.
Peros, G.
Background: CrohnÂ’s disease (CD) is considered to be a
disease involving the whole gastrointestinal tract, while
ulcerative colitis (UC) is a disease exclusively located in
the large bowel. The aim of this study was to examine whether
patients with either CD or UC are at increased risk for
developing oral manifestations. Patients-Methods: A wide
spectrum of oral lesions was carefully sought by the same
oral dentist in a consecutive series of 30 patients with inflammatory
bowel disease (IBD) (15 with CD and 15 with
UC). Forty-seven healthy individuals (matched for age and
sex), attendants of our dental clinic served as controls. Results:
93% of UC and 87% of the CD group had at least one
lesion compared to 55% of the control group (P
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