Esguep A, Ceballos M, Smith P
Departamento de Patologia Oral, Facultad de Odontologia, Universidad de Chile, Santiago.
Rev Med Chil. 1994 Feb;122(2):164-9.
The aim of this study was to look for pathological changes in the oral cavity in a group of 40 non cirrhotic male alcoholics, ranging in age from 30 to 40 years old. These subjects were compared with a group of 40 non alcoholic male subjects of similar age. The presence of lip, dental, periodontal, salivary gland and oral mucosa lesions was recorded. In alcoholics, pigmented lesions were observed in the lips in all the subjects (compared to 36% of controls), in the cheek mucosa in 65% and in the palate mucosa in 35.5%. Sixty five percent of alcoholics were partially edentate (compared to 32.5% of controls). It is concluded that the consideration of oral changes as a whole could be useful in the diagnosis of occult alcoholism. Moreover these patients have an important need of odontological attention that has to be considered.
本研究的目的是在一组年龄在30至40岁之间的40名非肝硬化男性酗酒者中寻找口腔的病理变化。将这些受试者与一组年龄相仿的40名非酗酒男性受试者进行比较。记录唇部、牙齿、牙周、唾液腺和口腔黏膜病变的存在情况。在酗酒者中，所有受试者的唇部均观察到色素沉着病变（对照组为36%），颊黏膜为65%，腭黏膜为35.5%。65%的酗酒者部分缺牙（对照组为32.5%）。得出的结论是，将口腔变化作为一个整体来考虑可能有助于隐匿性酗酒的诊断。此外，这些患者非常需要牙科关注，这一点必须予以考虑。
