Prevalence of oral manifestations in hypertensive patients with continuous medication at the Hospital of the day Jacobo and María Elena Ratinoff in 2014 Prevalencia de manifestaciones orales en pacientes hipertensos con medicación continua en el Hospital del día Jacobo y María Elena Ratinoff en el año 2014

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Nicole Raad Bassil
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2347-4837
Geoconda Luzardo
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6567-8355

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The intake of antihypertensive drugs can cause oral manifestations like dry mouth, dysgeusia and gingival hyperplasia. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of oral manifestations in hypertensive patients with medication. Materials and methods: It was an opportunity study in which 113 hypertensive patients were involved. All the patients attended Hospital del día Jacobo y María Elena Ratinoff. Patients were interviewed through a clinical history, dysgeusia and hyposalivation records were taken, as well as an intraoral examination. Results: 10 patients belonged to the group of 40-49 years, 29 patients to the group of 50-59 years, 43 patients were between 60-69 years, 25 patients had between 70-79 years and 6 patients were from 80 -89 years. We noticed that 80.53% of patients had oral manifestations. The most common manifestation was dysgeusia with 60%, followed by hyposalivation with 58% and gingival enlargement being less prevalent with 12%. Also we found that dysgeusia and hyposalivation were more prevalent in women with 69% and 67% respectively. However, gingival overgrowth was more prevalent in men with 14%. Conclusion: A high percentage of hypertensive patients were found to have oral manifestations due to drug intake.

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Raad Bassil, N., & Luzardo, G. (2019). Prevalence of oral manifestations in hypertensive patients with continuous medication at the Hospital of the day Jacobo and María Elena Ratinoff in 2014: Prevalencia de manifestaciones orales en pacientes hipertensos con medicación continua en el Hospital del día Jacobo y María Elena Ratinoff en el año 2014. Journal of American Health, 2(2), 23–33. https://doi.org/10.37958/jah.v2i2.19
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