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Menopause and oral health
Different phases of a woman's life: Puberty, menses, pregnancy, and menopause have varied influence on her oral health. During the menopause, women go through biological and endocrine changes, particularly in their sex steroid hormone production, affecting their health. Because the oral mucosa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4195183/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25316996 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-7800.141187 |
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description | Different phases of a woman's life: Puberty, menses, pregnancy, and menopause have varied influence on her oral health. During the menopause, women go through biological and endocrine changes, particularly in their sex steroid hormone production, affecting their health. Because the oral mucosa contains estrogen receptors, variations in hormone levels directly affect the oral cavity. A few oral conditions and or diseases are seen more frequently during post menopausal years. Role of hormones affecting the health of oro-dental tissues, as well as treatment by HRT in ameliorating these conditions is not clear. There is paucity of randomized controlled trials in this field and more data is needed, before the recommendations for oral health care in post menopausal women can be made. A gynecologist sitting in menopausal clinic should be aware of oral changes happening during this period, and dental needs of these women and should refer them to the dental specialists accordingly. On the other hand, a dentist should also be sensitized about the menopausal status of the woman, her HRT status and special preventive and treatment needs. |
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spelling | pubmed-41951832014-10-14 Menopause and oral health Suri, Vanita Suri, Varun J Midlife Health Review Article Different phases of a woman's life: Puberty, menses, pregnancy, and menopause have varied influence on her oral health. During the menopause, women go through biological and endocrine changes, particularly in their sex steroid hormone production, affecting their health. Because the oral mucosa contains estrogen receptors, variations in hormone levels directly affect the oral cavity. A few oral conditions and or diseases are seen more frequently during post menopausal years. Role of hormones affecting the health of oro-dental tissues, as well as treatment by HRT in ameliorating these conditions is not clear. There is paucity of randomized controlled trials in this field and more data is needed, before the recommendations for oral health care in post menopausal women can be made. A gynecologist sitting in menopausal clinic should be aware of oral changes happening during this period, and dental needs of these women and should refer them to the dental specialists accordingly. On the other hand, a dentist should also be sensitized about the menopausal status of the woman, her HRT status and special preventive and treatment needs. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4195183/ /pubmed/25316996 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-7800.141187 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Mid-life Health http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Suri, Vanita Suri, Varun Menopause and oral health |
title | Menopause and oral health |
title_full | Menopause and oral health |
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title_short | Menopause and oral health |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4195183/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25316996 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-7800.141187 |
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