Bokhari Syed Akhtar Hussain, Khan Ayyaz Ali, Azhar Mohammad, Shahbaz Mohammad Qaisar
Department of Oral Health Sciences, Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute, Sheikh Zayed Hospital Complex, Lahore.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2009 Jan;59(1):3-5.
To observe replacement of missing teeth with artificial teeth in subjects with and with out cardiac diseases and find its possible association with coronary heart diseases (CHD).
Consecutive patients aged 20 and above with coronary heart disease and accompanied healthy subjects with tooth loss were examined for oral prosthesis after having a verbal consent, over a one month period in a cross-sectional study at Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore. Chi-square and T- test were applied to analyze variables in subjects with and without coronary heart disease.
Among 1694 subjects found with tooth loss, 1473 (86.95) subjects had no oral prosthesis; 817 (87.37%) were among the 935 cardiac patients and 656 (86.42%) among 759 healthy subjects. Oral prosthesis was found in 86 (8.05%) males and 32 (5.11%) females with coronary heart diseases. Of the healthy population, 46 (4.30%) males and 57 (9.10%) females had oral prosthesis. Statistical association for prosthesis was insignificant among cardiac patients and healthy subjects.
No association of uncompensated tooth loss with cardiac diseases was observed in this study. Although a large majority of cardiac patients and healthy subjects were observed with uncompensated tooth loss which was statistically insignificant.
观察患有和未患有心脏病的受试者使用假牙修复缺失牙的情况，并探究其与冠心病（CHD）之间可能存在的关联。
在拉合尔旁遮普心脏病学研究所进行的一项横断面研究中，连续一个月对年龄在20岁及以上的冠心病患者以及伴有牙齿缺失的健康受试者进行了检查，经口头同意后进行口腔修复检查。应用卡方检验和T检验分析患有和未患有冠心病的受试者的变量。
在1694例牙齿缺失的受试者中，1473例（86.95%）未进行口腔修复；在935例心脏病患者中有817例（87.37%），在759例健康受试者中有656例（86.42%）。在患有冠心病的男性中有86例（8.05%）、女性中有32例（5.11%）佩戴了口腔修复体。在健康人群中，男性有46例（4.30%）、女性有57例（9.10%）佩戴了口腔修复体。心脏病患者和健康受试者在佩戴修复体方面的统计学关联不显著。
本研究未观察到未修复的牙齿缺失与心脏病之间存在关联。尽管观察到绝大多数心脏病患者和健康受试者存在未修复的牙齿缺失，但这在统计学上并不显著。
