Syed Akhtar Hussain Bokhari, Ayyaz Ali Khan, Arshad Kamal Butt, Mohammad Azhar, Qaisar Shahbaz.
Tooth Loss Prevalence Among Cardiac Males and Females.
Proceeding Shaikh Zayed Postgrad Med Comp Jan ;21(1):37-40.

Objective: Objective of study was to observe differences of tooth loss prevalence in males & females with cardiac diseases. Introduction: Poor oral health, tooth loss and periodontal diseases have been reported to be associated with coronary heart diseases. Studies report gender differences in prevalence of cardiac diseases and tooth loss. This paper presents gender differences of tooth loss in cardiac patients of a cardiac hospital of Lahore, Pakistan. Methodology: Age matched Cardiac males & females attending OPD of the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), Lahore were included in the study. Personal and health-related information were questioned and noted. Oral examination was performed for recording of missing teeth. Results: 1200 CHD study subjects with age-range of 30 to 80 years were enrolled for study. 1045 age matched, 766 (73.30%) males & 279 (26.70%) females were examined for tooth loss. 852 (81.53%) genders had at least one tooth missing. 599 (78.19) males & 253 (90.68%) females were observed with mean tooth loss of 7.5 (SD 8.720) & 11.15 (SD 10.375) respectively. statistical association among them was also significant (P= 0.000) with OR of 2.339. More subjects (76.29%) showed a loss of 1-15 teeth that was also significant among males and females. Tooth loss was significant in age groups of 41-50 years (P= 0.001) and 51-60 years (P=0.000). Conclusion: Gender differences of tooth loss prevalence among CHD subjects were significant with more risk for males as compared to females.

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