Salivary Assessments in Post-Liver Transplantation Patients
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Total Protein Content
2.3. Protease Analysis
2.4. Self-Reported Oral Health Questionnaire
2.5. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Characteristics of the Study Groups
3.2. Salivary Assessments
3.3. Self-Reported Oral Health (SROH)
4. Discussion
4.1. The Total Protein Concentration
4.2. Protease Activity
4.3. Self-Reported Oral Health (SROH) in Relationship with Salivary Assessments
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | LTx Patients | Healthy Controls |
---|---|---|
Age Mean (SD) | 54.4 (9.4) | 53.3 (9.7) |
Males N (%) | 11 (42.3) | 7 (26.9) |
Smoking N (%) | 3 (11.5) | 5 (19.2) |
Rural N (%) | 5 (19.2) | 1 (3.8) |
Tertiary education N (%) | 18 (69.23) | 17 (65.38) |
Frequency of dental check-ups per year | ||
N (%) | ||
0 | 14 (53.85) | 10 (38.46) |
1 | 3 (11.54) | 6 (23.08) |
2 | 9 (34.62) | 10 (38.46) |
SROH QUESTION (Abbreviation) | LTx Patients | Healthy Controls | p-Value |
---|---|---|---|
Q1. Have gum disease | |||
Yes | 6 (50%) | 6 (50%) | 0.78 1 |
No | 13 (46.43%) | 15 (53.57%) | |
Don’t know | 7 (58.33%) | 5 (41.67%) | |
Q2. Teeth/gum health | |||
Poor | 6 (54.55%) | 5 (45.45%) | 0.88 2 |
Fair | 4 (36.36%) | 7 (63.64%) | |
Good | 9 (47.37%) | 10 (52.63%) | |
Very good | 4 (57.14%) | 3 (42.86%) | |
Excellent | 1 (100%) | 0 | |
Don’t know | 2 (66.67%) | 1 (33.33%) | |
Q3. Had gum treatment | |||
Yes | 11 (44%) | 14 (56%) | 0.41 1 |
No | 15 (55.56%) | 12 (44.44%) | |
Q4. Loose tooth | |||
Yes | 9 (52.94%) | 8 (47.06%) | 0.17 2 |
No | 14 (43.75%) | 18 (56.25%) | |
Don’t know | 3 (100%) | 0 | |
Q5. Lost bone | |||
Yes | 3 (33.33%) | 6 (66.67%) | 0.29 2 |
No | 23 (54.76%) | 19 (45.24%) | |
Don’t know | 0 | 1 (100%) | |
Q6. Tooth does not look right | |||
Yes | 4 (44.44%) | 5 (55.56%) | 0.73 2 |
No | 22 (52.38%) | 20 (47.62%) | |
Don’t know | 0 | 1 (100%) | |
Q7. Floss use | |||
Yes | 7 (31.82%) | 15 (68.18%) | 0.02 1,* |
No | 19 (63.33%) | 11 (36.67%) | |
Q8. Mouthwash use | |||
Yes | 12 (34.29%) | 23 (65.71%) | 0.003 2,* |
No | 14 (82.35%) | 3 (17.65%) |
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Didilescu, A.C.; Lazu, A.; Vlădan, C.; Scheau, C.; Dan Popa, L.; Șurlin, P.; Kaman, W.E.; Brand, H.S. Salivary Assessments in Post-Liver Transplantation Patients. J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 3152. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11113152
Didilescu AC, Lazu A, Vlădan C, Scheau C, Dan Popa L, Șurlin P, Kaman WE, Brand HS. Salivary Assessments in Post-Liver Transplantation Patients. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022; 11(11):3152. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11113152
Chicago/Turabian StyleDidilescu, Andreea Cristiana, Adelina Lazu, Cristian Vlădan, Cristian Scheau, Laura Dan Popa, Petra Șurlin, Wendy Esmeralda Kaman, and Hendrik Simon Brand. 2022. "Salivary Assessments in Post-Liver Transplantation Patients" Journal of Clinical Medicine 11, no. 11: 3152. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11113152