Current updates on dental perspectives of leprosy – Revisited

Current updates on dental perspectives of leprosy – Revisited

The present review summarizes the current updates on dental perspectives on leprosy and the affording factors that are responsible for the prevalence of caries and periodontal diseases in leprosy. It also highlights immunopathological phenomena and reactional episodes of leprosy that occur due to da...

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Veröffentlicht in:Disease-a-month 2020-07, Vol.66 (7), p.100918-100918, Article 100918
Hauptverfasser: Bommanavar, Sushma, Hosmani, Jagadish, Khan, Samar, Bhandi, Shilpa, Patil, Shankargouda, Alamir, Abdul Wahab H, Sarode, Sachin, Awan, Kamran Habib
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Sprache:eng
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Dental caries
Leprosy
PCR
Periodontium
Vaccine
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Zusammenfassung:The present review summarizes the current updates on dental perspectives on leprosy and the affording factors that are responsible for the prevalence of caries and periodontal diseases in leprosy. It also highlights immunopathological phenomena and reactional episodes of leprosy that occur due to daedal interactions between the perio-odontopathic bacteria and M. leprae. In addition, a brief introduction, historiography, classification and clinicopathological aspects are also been covered.
ISSN:0011-5029
1557-8194
DOI:10.1016/j.disamonth.2019.100918