Clinical Study
Integrity of the Oral Tissues in Patients with Solid-Organ Transplants
Table 1
Clinical and demographic characteristics of the study sample.
| | Total | Men | Women | P |
| | 40 | 22 | 18 | | Age (years) | | | | | Type of transplant | | | | | Liver | 17 | 8 | 9 | NS | Renal | 14 | 10 | 4 | NS | Cardiac | 8 | 3 | 5 | NS | Cardiac-renal | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Time since transplant (months) | 57.8 ± 49 | 67 ± 57.6 | | | Number of drugs consumed | | | | | 0–2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | NS | 3–5 | 37 | 19 | 18 | NS | 6 or more | 1 | 1 | 0 | NS |
| Total | 40 | 22 | 18 | NS |
| Frequency of brushing | | | | | 0-1 times per day | 1 | 1 | 0 | NS | 2-3 times per day | 31 | 20 | 11 | NS | 4 times per day | 8 | 1 | 7 | | Oral Hygiene Index | | | | | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | NS | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | NS | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | NS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Damage from caries (DMFT) | | | | NS | Gingival enlargement | 4 | 3 | 1 | NS | Oral mucosa lesions | | | | | Fissured tongue | 7 | 4 | 3 | NS | Candidiasis | 3 | 3 | 0 | NS | Herpes simplex | 1 | 0 | 1 | NS | Canker sores | 1 | 1 | 0 | NS | Other | 11 | 7 | 4 | NS | No lesion | 21 | 10 | 11 | NS | Hyposalivation | 3 | 1 | 2 | NS |
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