Awareness About Oral Manifestation Of Endocrine Disturbances Among General Physicians

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Srithika M , Abilasha R , Lakshmi T.A

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INTRODUCTION: Hormonal secretion is maintained by the endocrine system. Central nervous system is closely erupted as the hypothalamus and pituitary glands control its functions. Homeostasis is maintained and controls physiology of the human body. Adaptation to environmental changes is maintained by the neuroendocrine system. Oral manifestation of endocrine disorder is very important for every dentist to avoid the resulting complications.
AIM: The aim of the study is to know the oral manifestation of endocrine disorder among general physicians.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: In view of this, a survey was conducted across general physicians in south tamilnadu. For which 106 responses were received and recorded. Statistical analysis was done and the results were obtained in the form of pie charts, bar graphs and association was performed using the chi-square test. The statistical software used was SPSS version 2.
RESULT: Over 106 responses majority of them belong to the age group of above 40 and about 35.8% of them are females. Their responses were recorded and validation was done, p value of 0.342, was (p value >0.05 is significant) statistically not significant.
DISCUSSION: Oral manifestations in patients with hyperparathyroidism are brown Tumor, loss of bone density, soft tissue calcification, and dental abnormalities, such as development defects, alterations in dental eruption.
CONCLUSION :From our study we can conclude that general physicians have awareness about oral manifestation of endocrine disturbances. Stress reduction, awareness of drug side effects or interactions, and vigilance for appearance of signs or symptoms of hormone toxicity are among the responsibilities of the oral health care provider.

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