Oral health and dental behaviour of patients with left ventricular assist device: a cross‐sectional study

Autor: Jens Garbade, Josephine Rast, Gerhard Schmalz, Mirjam Eisner, Justus Wagner, Tanja Kottmann, Andreas Oberbach, Sven Lehmann, Rainer Haak, Michael A. Borger, Christian Binner, Dirk Ziebolz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: ESC Heart Failure, Vol 7, Iss 3, Pp 1273-1281 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2055-5822
86696254
DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12636
Popis: Abstract Aims The aim of this cross‐sectional study was the assessment of dental behaviour, oral health, as well as oral health‐related quality of life of patients with left ventricular assist device (LVAD). Methods and results Patients (128) with LVAD were recruited from the University Department for Cardiac Surgery at Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany. A healthy control group (HC, n = 113) was included. Dental behaviour was assessed with a standardized questionnaire, and to evaluate oral health‐related quality of life, the German short form of oral health impact profile was applied. The presence of decayed, missing, and filled teeth; dental treatment need; periodontitis severity; and periodontal treatment need were assessed. These findings were correlated to disease‐related and device‐related factors. The minority of patients used aids for interdental hygiene (16.4%). For the LVAD patients, a German short form of oral health impact profile sum score of 4.96 ± 8.67 [0.5; 0–6] was assessed. The LVAD group suffered from more missing teeth (11.91 ± 9.13 vs. 3.70 ± 3.77; P
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