Oral Health and Dental Management

Investigating the effect of periodontal treatment on recurrent dyspepsia caused by Helicobacter pylori

11^th Asia Pacific Congress on Dental and Oral Health

July 25-27, 2016 Bangkok, Thailand

Maryam Nourelahi

Semnan University Medical Sciences, Iran

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

Aim: The purpose of this study is to find a possible relationship between presence of H. Pylori in dental plaque, gastritis and periodontitis. Methods: Sixty patients with symptoms of gastritis and periodontitis participated in our study in which the presence of H. Pylori was confirmed in both stool sample and dental plaque. They were randomly divided into two groups of case and control. Patients in both groups were treated for H. Pylori infection. Patients in case group were also simultaneously treated for periodontitis. After bacterial eradication was confirmed by Urea breath test, patients were asked on the phone for recurrent symptoms of dyspepsia every two months for six months. Fisher�??s exact test was used to analyze data, considering a significance level of 0.05. Results: 33 female and 27 male with mean age of 39.8 years participated in our study. Recurrence rate of dyspeptic symptoms was 27.1% after six months. Among those whose symptoms recurred, 37.5% were male and 62.5% were female. One patient (3.4%) in control group reported symptoms of recurrence in 2-month follow up period. There was no report of recurrence in case group. Three patients (10.3%) in control group and two patients (6.7%) in case group reported symptoms of recurrence in 4-month follow up period. After six months, symptoms of recurrence was reported by eleven patients (37.9%) in control and five (16.7%) in case group. The difference was not statistically significant in any of the study periods. Conclusion: The study findings revealed that periodontal treatment has no effect on recurrence of dyspeptic symptoms caused by H. pylori.

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Email: m.noorelahi@gmail.com