Periodontal Health of Patients with Epilepsy

Authors

  • Marco Xavier Vizuete Bolanos

  • Marina Antonia Dona Vidale

  • Marco Xavier Vizuete Bolanos

  • Galo Bolivar Pesantez Cuesta

  • Miguel Angel Sosa Carrero

  • Christian Andres Singo Salazar

Keywords:

epilepsy, periodontal manifestations

Abstract

Epilepsy is a neurological alteration that affects 2% of the people in Ecuador; moreover, it has many oral manifestations and the periodontal zone it is the most affected. The main objective of this study was to identify periodontal's manifestations in epilepsy patients who are been attended at Epilepsy National Center in Ecuador through a cross-sectional study of 44 patients who approved the inclusion criteria. A periodontal examination and epidemiological oral morbidity index (Oral Hygiene of Greene-Vermillion and O'Leary's Biofilm) were performed on each patient. The results were obtained by using the Chi2/Pearson (x2 test p

How to Cite

Periodontal Health of Patients with Epilepsy. (2020). Global Journal of Medical Research, 20(J6), 17-23. https://medicalresearchjournal.org/index.php/GJMR/article/view/2202

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Periodontal Health of Patients with Epilepsy

Published

2020-08-27

How to Cite

Periodontal Health of Patients with Epilepsy. (2020). Global Journal of Medical Research, 20(J6), 17-23. https://medicalresearchjournal.org/index.php/GJMR/article/view/2202