The benefit of biomedical explorations in elderly patients with respiratory pathology and dental diseases

Abstract

Some of the most common chronic respiratory diseases, incapacitating the development and quality of life of patients and directly correlated with oro-dental cavity are represented by asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (CPOD), a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the airways, in which mast cells, eosinophils and T lymphocytes, play an important role [1]. A better understanding of the diagnosis and treatment of these pathology became possible by accepting that the existence of chronic inflammation, with its variations, is reflected in the clinical condition of the elderly patients, with implications on the dental status. Therefore, the present research, using respiratory biomedical explorations, wants to establish a clinical and functional correlation in the case of elderly patients with respiratory diseases and who associate oro-dental pathologies. In the current conditions, in which the predominant viral damage is SARS-COV 2 infection, it is necessary to develop a clinical-functional algorithm to quickly establish a subsequent evolution and prognosis of elderly patients, which involve an increased predisposition to morbidity and mortality.