Association of oral manifestations with ulcerative colitis.
OBJECTIVE
The study aims to document the oral lesions in patients with UC.


BACKGROUND
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is comprised of two chronic, tissue-destructive and clinical entities including Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), both of which are immunologically based.


METHODS
The population of the study includes fifty patients with UC, as the experimental group, and fifty patients without gastrointestinal disease as the control group. All patients had an oral examination and completed the relevant questionnaire.


RESULTS
There was a significant statistical relationship among tongue coating (<0.0001), halitosis (<0.0001), and oral ulceration (0.001) in patients suffering from severe UC compared to the control group. Also there was a higher prevalence of oral manifestations in patients with moderate UC compared to that of control group; but taste change (0.001) was the only significant factor. Acidic taste and taste change were among the symptoms more commonly found in patients suffering from pancolitis (40% each).


CONCLUSIONS
The results of the present study show that patients with UC had more oral signs and symptoms than the patients in the normal group. Further researches on oral lesions in UC are also recommended so that these diseases can be better understood.
Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, School of dentistry, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.
Maryam
M
Elahi
Department of Gastroentrology and hepathology, School of Medicine, Army University, Tehran, Iran.
Mohamad
M
Telkabadi
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Vahid
V
Samadi
Faculty of Nursing, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hadi
H
Vakili
GI disease; Oral manifestation; Ulcerative colitis