The correlation between gastric diseases and dental caries

Abstract

Background. The oral cavity is a mirror that reflects and unravels many of the human body's internal secrets. Some of these manifestations are disease-specific and help raise a high degree of suspicion for the alert clinician and dentist. So, the goal of this case-control study is to determine whether there is a link between gastric diseases and dental caries. Methodology. Examinations were performed on (250) patients, all of them suffering from dental caries in varies degree: We relied on statistical information that we gathered through a questionnaire form, which included the results of numerous different clinical outcomes for both (150) healthy people and those 100 with gastric disorders from a variety of genders, ages, residency, and we calculate DMFT index for both groups. Results. There was a statistically significant differences in the mean DMFT between health and gastric disease participants. Conclusions. A noteworthy correlation exists between gastric disorders and dental caries, as well as oral manifestation lesions and associated consequences like erosion

Keywords

• dental caries
• dmft
• gastric diseases