Periodontology Department, Clinical Research Unit (CRU), Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz (IUEM), 2829-511 Almada, Portugal.
Clinical Research Unit (CRU), CiiEM, IUEM, 2829-511 Almada, Portugal.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jul 22;17(15):5281. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155281.
Studies investigating the periodontal status of women seeking fertility treatment have never been conducted. The purpose of this pilot study was to compare the periodontal status among females referenced to a Fertility Clinic (FC) when compared to matched females from a representative regional epidemiological sample. Our secondary aims were to investigate if periodontal clinical measures differ between these two groups of females and how they impact on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). We enrolled 18 women from an FC and 18 age, race and body mass index matched controls from the epidemiological survey Study of Periodontal Health in Almada-Seixal (SoPHiAS). In each subject, we performed a circumferential periodontal inspection to infer the periodontal status and applied a questionnaire measuring OHRQoL. FC females presented higher levels of periodontal disease, with higher periodontal epithelial surface area, periodontal probing depth and clinical attachment loss. However, periodontal diseases did not impact OHRQoL in this particular group of women seeking fertility care, suggesting unawareness about periodontal diseases. Within the limitations of this study, females referenced for fertility treatment presented worse periodontal measures than females from a representative control sample. These preliminary results may support future prospective studies to further explore the periodontal status and possible consequences in women seeking fertility care.
目前尚无针对寻求生育治疗的女性牙周状况进行研究的报道。本研究旨在比较生育门诊（FC）就诊女性和代表性地区流行病学抽样中匹配女性的牙周状况。本研究的次要目的是调查这两组女性的牙周临床指标是否存在差异，以及这些差异如何影响口腔健康相关生活质量（OHRQoL）。我们纳入了 18 名来自 FC 的女性和 18 名来自流行病学调查“阿尔马达-塞沙尔牙周健康研究”（SoPHiAS）的年龄、种族和体重指数相匹配的对照组女性。对每位受试者进行牙周环形检查以推断牙周状况，并采用问卷调查口腔健康相关生活质量。FC 组女性的牙周病程度更高，牙周上皮表面积、牙周探诊深度和临床附着丧失均更高。然而，在这组寻求生育护理的女性中，牙周疾病并未对口腔健康相关生活质量产生影响，这表明她们对牙周疾病的认识不足。受本研究限制，与代表性对照组女性相比，寻求生育治疗的女性牙周状况更差。这些初步结果可能支持未来进一步探讨寻求生育治疗的女性牙周状况及其可能后果的前瞻性研究。
