Oral health-related quality of life of patients after solid organ transplantation is not affected by oral conditions: results of a multicentre cross-sectional study

Schmalz, Gerhard; Garbade, Jens; Sommerwerck, Urte; Kollmar, Otto; Ziebolz, Dirk

doi:10.4317/medoral.24277

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“…Only one patient group, i.e., patients after lung transplantation, what rather represents a therapy than a respiratory disease, showed unaffected OHRQoL ( 22 ). It is known that patients after organ transplantation show a response shift, whereby oral health issues are pushed into the background because of the general disease burden ( 16 , 33 ). While this is the reason for the unaffected OHRQoL of patients after lung transplantation, the other groups did not show this response shift phenomenon.…”

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Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Respiratory Diseases—Results of a Systematic Review

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Wang

et al. 2022

Front. Med.

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Background: This systematic review evaluates the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of patients with chronic respiratory diseases.Methods: A systematic literature search was performed based on the PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, and Scopus, using the search terms: “oral health-related quality of life” and “respiratory disease” or “lung” and “oral health-related quality of life.” Full-text articles published until June 30, 2021 and reporting any OHRQoL measurement in children or adults with a chronic respiratory disease or condition were included and analyzed qualitatively.Results: A total of seven out of 44 studies were included, of which four studies examined adults and three studies investigated children. The respective diseases were chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (n = 2), sleep apnea (n = 2), severe asthma (n = 1), cystic fibrosis (n = 1), and lung transplantation (n = 1). Four studies confirmed a worse OHRQoL in the respiratory diseased group compared to healthy controls. The overall OHRQoL was reduced in the included studies. Oral health, health-related quality of life, and disease-related parameters were rarely examined with regard to OHRQoL.Conclusion: Patients with chronic respiratory diseases show a reduced OHRQoL. Oral health should be fostered in these individuals to support their OHRQoL.

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Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Respiratory Diseases—Results of a Systematic Review

Ning

Wang

et al. 2022

Front. Med.

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Impaired Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review

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Shivakumar,

Muralidhar

et al. 2024

Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice

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Evaluation of the correlation between oral infections and systemic complications in kidney transplant patients: a retrospective pilot study

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Background Data regarding the efficacy of the dental clearance required prior to kidney transplantation (KT) for preventing post-transplant complications is controversial. The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate a possible correlation between any untreated oral infectious foci and the onset of systemic complications in KT patients. Methods Patients scheduled for regular check-ups during the post-transplant period were visited at the C.I.R. Dental School in Turin, Italy. Patients were asked to bring orthopantomography (OPT) acquired prior to transplantation to compare the possible presence of untreated infectious foci at the time of transplantation with the time of their post-transplant visit. Patients were then divided, according to the evaluation of the OPT obtained prior to the transplantation, into two groups according to their dental status prior to the transplant. “Group Infected” was comprised of patients with no dental clearance, and “Group Clear” included patients with dental clearance. The medical records were then retrospectively reviewed for the evaluation of any systemic complications that occurred after transplantation. The following medical complications were considered: fever, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, systemic infections, kidney rejection, and death. Complications were divided in two groups: early complications, which occurred within 100 days of transplantation, and late complications, which occurred more than 100 days after transplantation. Results A total of 77 patients were enrolled in the study. Group Infected was composed of 19 subjects (25%), while Group Clear was composed of 58 patients (75%). In Group Infected, 13 (68%) patients developed complications within 100 days of transplantation, and 11 (58%) did so after 100 days. In Group Clear, 31 (53%) patients had complications within 100 days of the transplant, and 23 (40%) did after 100 days. Patients in Group Infected had a statistically significant increase in episodes of fever (p = 0.03), compared to Group Clear, with a higher relative risk (RR) of 3.66 in the first 100 days after transplantation. Conclusion Within the limitations of the present retrospective pilot study, and based on the results, a correlation between the absence of dental clearance prior to KT and a higher RR of developing a fever within the first 100 days post transplantation was highlighted. The present results encourage doctors to continue research on the topic, which remains controversial. Further prospective studies are required to confirm the results of the present study.

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Oral health-related quality of life of patients after solid organ transplantation is not affected by oral conditions: results of a multicentre cross-sectional study

Cited by 3 publications

References 27 publications

Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Respiratory Diseases—Results of a Systematic Review

Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Respiratory Diseases—Results of a Systematic Review

Impaired Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review

Evaluation of the correlation between oral infections and systemic complications in kidney transplant patients: a retrospective pilot study

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