Oral cavity disorders among patients with Parkinson's disease - case reports

Łanowy Patrycja, Bichalski Miłosz, Mocny-Pachońska Katarzyna, Pachoński Marek, Tanasiewicz Marta. Oral cavity disorders among patients with Parkinson’s disease - case reports. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(6):388-393. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3252733 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/7047 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.05.2019. Revised: 25.05.2019. Accepted: 23.06.2019. Oral cavity disorders among patients with Parkinson’s disease - case reports Patrycja Łanowy1, Miłosz Bichalski1, Katarzyna Mocny-Pachońska1, Marek Pachoński2, Marta Tanasiewicz1 1Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Medical University of Silesia 2 NZOZ Pachonscy Dental Clinic, 42-288 Strzebiń, ul. Lubliniecka 38 E-mail adresses: patrycjalanowy@gmail.com1, kpachonska@sum.edu.pl1, marek.pachonski@mocny.pl2 ABSTRACT Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative ailment, caused by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the specific area of a brain. Motor disability which is a symptom of PD, make maintaining the proper hygiene in the mouth difficult. Despite motor disorders, also cognitive dysfunctions can have a negative impact on the oral health of the patient, due to the lack of interest in the condition of the patient's oral cavity. Non-motor symptoms and even those associated with the oral cavity may be an indication for proper and early diagnosis of the patient. Disorders which occurs in the oral cavity during the sickness, are often neglected by patients and their caregivers. The role of the dentist in this situation is to make patients and their environment aware of the importance of the oral cavity - especially, due to the fact that newest studies suggest the association between ongoing systemic inflammation in the body, including periodontitis, and the development and progression of Parkinson's disease. KEYWORDS: Parkinson’s disease, xerostomia, caries, periodontal inflammatory diseas