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[Inflammatory ocular diseases associated with oro-dental pathology]
Paper Aim:
It is presented the correlation between the uveitis and the focal dental disease with infection, irritation or allergic pathogenicity.
Material And Method:
This study was performed on a set of 54 patients with uveitis and dental diseases patients hospitalized in the Clinic of Ophthalmology of Craiova, during 1998-1999. This correlation was observed in 38-40% of uveitis. There were also mentioned some dental damages associated with uveitis: radicular focal infections, periodontitis under prosthetic works, fights cavities, inclusions dental chronic maxillary osteitis.
Results:
The correlation uveitis-dental diseases was noticed in 1.2-1.8% of the hospitalized patients, comparing with 3-5% in literature (including the ocular adnexa diseases).
Conclusions:
This study shows the reality of the correlations between uveitis and dental diseases. It was relieved the importance of correlation ophthalmologist-stomatologist.
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