Au cours des dernières décennies, la dentisterie a atteint de nouveaux sommets. Avec la sensibilisation croissante du grand public aux maladies bucco-dentaires et les médecins généralistes qui adressent de nombreux patients à des spécialistes, le nombre de patients dont la santé est compromise qui consultent le dentiste a énormément augmenté.Les patients qui ont suivi un traitement aux glucocorticoïdes présentent des problèmes uniques pour le dentiste. Les personnes qui reçoivent actuellement une thérapie aux stéroïdes ont une réponse altérée à l'infection et à la...

Dentistry, in the past few decades, has reached new heights. With the increasing awareness of the general public towards oral and dental diseases, and the general physician referring many patients for expert care, the number of medically compromised patients visiting the dentist has enormously increased.Patients who have undergone therapy with glucocorticoids present unique problems for the dentist. Persons currently receiving steroid therapy have an altered response to infection and wound healing. More important is that the patients who are taking or have taken glucocorticoids have high risk...

Die Zahnmedizin hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten einen neuen Stellenwert erreicht. Mit der zunehmenden Sensibilisierung der Öffentlichkeit für Mund- und Zahnerkrankungen und der Überweisung vieler Patienten durch den Allgemeinmediziner zur fachkundigen Behandlung ist die Zahl der medizinisch beeinträchtigten Patienten, die den Zahnarzt aufsuchen, enorm gestiegen.Patienten, die sich einer Therapie mit Glukokortikoiden unterzogen haben, stellen den Zahnarzt vor besondere Probleme. Personen, die derzeit eine Steroidtherapie erhalten, haben eine veränderte Reaktion auf Infektionen und...

Corticosteroids are medicines that are similar to the natural hormone cortisol and belong to the family of drugs called steroids. These drugs have wide spread effects, which include action on body's metabolism, inflammatory processes and immune system. They are often used in treating skin problem, severe allergies, asthma and arthritis. These drugs are also used among patients who have received organ transplants, to reduce the chance or rejection and other immune mediated pathologies. Corticosteroids now days come in a variety of sources, suitable for treating different conditions. Though...

The diagnosis of intraoral pigmented lesions has always remained a diagnostic challenge for the dental practitioner. The normal color of healthy oral mucosa is pale pink, but the color varies in different physiological and pathological conditions. Physiological pigmentation is typically brown in appearance and is frequent in Asians, Africans and Mediterranean people. The color change of the oral mucosa could be due to accumulation of one or more pigments in tissues. Pigments associated with mucosal discoloration could be classified as endogenous and exogenous. The manifestation of oral...