Dental health assessed using panoramic radiograph and adverse events in chronic kidney disease stage 4-5 patients transitioning to dialysis and transplantation-A prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Oral health could potentially be a modifiable risk factor for adverse outcomes in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients transitioning from predialysis treatment to maintenance dialysis and transplantation. We aimed to study the association between an index of radiographically assessed oral health, Panoramic Tomographic Index (PTI), and cardiovascular and all-cause mortality, major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) and episodes of bacteremia and laboratory measurements during a three-year prospective follow-up in CKD stage 4-5 patients not on maintenance dialysis at baseline.

Methods

Altogether 190 CKD stage 4-5 patients without maintenance dialysis attended panoramic dental radiographs in the beginning of the study. The patients were followed up for t

SUBMITTER: Jarvisalo MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8483312 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature