Oral Finding Patterns in Patients with Celiac Disease: An Original Research

Abstract

Aim

Purpose of this research was to assess the incidence of oral signs and symptoms and will oral examination could be used as a first diagnostic screening tool for asymptomatic forms.

Methodology

15 CD patients, between 2 and 18 years (mean age 10.3) and 15 healthy subjects, age and gender-matched, were examined for hard and soft tissue lesions such as dental enamel defects (DED), dental caries, aphthous-like ulcers (ALU), atrophic glossitis, geographic tongue, median rhomboid glossitis.

Results

Statistically significant differences between the two groups were observed for the prevalence of DED (in 64,4% CD and 24,46% control patients, p=0.001), as well as for the prevalence of ALU (in 40% CD as opposed to 4,44% control patients, p=0.001).

Conclusion

CD patients who are asymptomatic had DED, ALU which could serve as a diagnostic sign for alerting the clinicians for development as progression of this disease.