Influence of systemic erythematous lupus in the oral cavity

• Main Author: Otto Alemán Miranda
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas 2018-10-01
• Series: Medisan
• Subjects: lupus eritematoso sistémico; manifestaciones bucomaxilofaciales; periodontopatías; trastornos de la articulación temporomandibular.
• Online Access: http://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/2142

Introduction: The systemic erythematous lupus is an autoinmune, inflammatory and systemic disease, of unknown cause which can affect the stomatognatic aparatus. Objective: To describe the oral maxilofacial manifestations in patients with systemic erithematous lupus. Methods: An observational, series of cases descriptive study of 25 patients with diagnosis of the disease, admitted in the Rheumatology Service of "Saturnino Lora Torres" Teaching Provincial Clinical-Surgical Hospital in Santiago de Cuba was carried out during 2017. Results: Among the intraoral lesions there were the periodontopathies as the most frequent, with 68.0 %, and of the extraoral lesions, the eritema, with 40.0 %. Likewise, 10 patients presented changes in the temporomandibular joint, what represented a 40.0 %. Conclusions: A great damage could be identified in the oral complex because of the systemic erythematous lupus. In this respect, stomatologists plays an important role in the detection of its clinical manifestations.