PAPER AIM: It is presented the correlation between the uveitis and the focal dental disease with infection, irritation or allergic pathogenicity. MATERIAL AND METHOD: This study was performed on a set of 54 patients with uveitis and dental diseases patients hospitalized in the Clinic of Ophthalmology of Craiova, during 1998-1999. This correlation was observed in 38-40% of uveitis. There were also mentioned some dental damages associated with uveitis: radicular focal infections, periodontitis under prosthetic works, fights cavities, inclusions dental chronic maxillary osteitis. RESULTS: The correlation uveitis-dental diseases was noticed in 1.2-1.8% of the hospitalized patients, comparing with 3-5% in literature (including the ocular adnexa diseases). CONCLUSIONS: This study shows the reality of the correlations between uveitis and dental diseases. It was relieved the importance of correlation ophthalmologist-stomatologist.
PAPER AIM: It is presented the correlation between the uveitis and the focal dental disease with infection, irritation or allergic pathogenicity. MATERIAL AND METHOD: This study was performed on a set of 54 patients with uveitis and dental diseases patients hospitalized in the Clinic of Ophthalmology of Craiova, during 1998-1999. This correlation was observed in 38-40% of uveitis. There were also mentioned some dental damages associated with uveitis: radicular focal infections, periodontitis under prosthetic works, fights cavities, inclusions dental chronic maxillary osteitis. RESULTS: The correlation uveitis-dental diseases was noticed in 1.2-1.8% of the hospitalized patients, comparing with 3-5% in literature (including the ocular adnexa diseases). CONCLUSIONS: This study shows the reality of the correlations between uveitis and dental diseases. It was relieved the importance of correlation ophthalmologist-stomatologist.
Authors: Grażyna Wilk; Monika Modrzejewska; Ewelina Lachowicz; Krystyna Lisiecka-Opalko; Leszek Myśliwiec; Donald Rutkowski; Katarzyna Kotrych; Katarzyna Burzyńska; Elżbieta Gołubińska Journal: Pol J Radiol Date: 2012-01