ORAL HEALTH OF WOMEN DURING MENOPAUSE AND ITS MANAGEMENT- A LITERATURE REVIEW
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Keywords
Menopause, Oral health, Hormonal changes, Dental management, Burning mouth syndrome (BMS), Dry mouth, Periodontal health, Hormone replacement therapy (HT), Xerostomia
Abstract
Adaptive alterations at the systemic and oral levels are a result of menopause, which is characterized by physiological changes in women. Taking care of one's teeth and gums becomes more important as we all get older. Dentists are the first to notice the oral and mucosal changes that accompany menopause. The hormonal changes that occur in the mouth and gums soon before menopause make the teeth and gums more vulnerable to infections and make it harder for the body to fight off small infections and keep the oral environment balanced with good and bad bacteria. The purpose of this study was to have a better grasp of the various dental care regimens utilised during menopause and the key oro-dental issues that women experience during this time. For this literature review, we scoured “PubMed, PubMed Central, Cochrane, Google, Medknow, Ebsco, Science Direct, and Ind Med, among other well-known website search engines. A higher prevalence of oral mucosal and dental disorders, such AS candidiasis, may result from the accumulation of pertinent data, which shows that periodontal health is most seriously impacted (up to 60%), followed by dry mouth (25%) and burning mouth (glossodynia; 15%).” Hormone replacement treatment works, but it won't stop or alleviate women's oral problems on its own. Hence, the establishment of more genuine therapeutic recommendations for the effective care of these ORAL DISEASES need well-controlled, long-term randomised research.
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Dr. Jyoti Agrawal
M.D.S( periodontics)
Dr. Ahmad Danish Rehan
Associate Professor, Oral Pathology and Microbiology and Forensic Odontology, Dept of Dentistry Zoram Medical College Falkawn Mizoram
Dr. Shilpi
Ex Senior Resident, Dept.of Oral pathology, Microbiology & Forensic Odontology, KGMU, Lucknow
Dr. Ramanathan Ravi
Assistant Professor, Dept of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics Manipal University College Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia