Prevalence of Oral Lesions and Salivary Changes among Renal Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis in a Sample of Egyptian Population A Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

hronic kidney failure (CRF) is becoming a major public health problem worldwide particularly in developed countries with a higher prevalence of renal disease. Hemodialysis is the most widely used treatment of nephropathy. Both the disease and the treatment can inflict respiratory, endocrine and immunological complications, which could influence the patient’s oral status as well as alterations in salivary flow and salivary pH.

There are guidelines for oral health care in patients with systemic diseases; additionally, a significant improvement in the underlying systemic diseases has been reported following treatment of the associated oral lesions.