ON THE MODIFICATIONS OF THE LIPIDIC BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS AND EXTENT OF PERIODONTAL AFFECTION

Authors: Amelia Elena Surdu Macovei, Liliana Pasarin, Oana Potarnichie, Adriana Balan

Abstract:

Scope of the study: evaluation of the extent of periodontalalteration, correlated with the plasmaticlevels of cholesterol and of the metabolization time of plasmatic lipides.
Materials and method: The patients forming the experimental group were recruited sequentially, along 6 months, among those having addressed the private dental office for routine examinations. The xperimental group included 39 patients (20 women and 19 men, with ages between 50-60 years, mean age: 54.4±3.1) affected with periodontal diseases, while the control group – 40 patients (26 women and 14 men, with ages between 50-60 years, mean age: 54.4±2.8). There followed measurement of the � jeun plasmatic lipids and of glucose concentrations in blood.
Results: The values of plasmatictriglycerides were higher in the patients of the experimental group, comparatively with the subjects of the control one (+39%), yet no difference has been registered for HDL cholesterol, while the mean plasmatic cholesterol levels and the LDL cholesterol levels in subjects suffering from periodontitis were significantly higher, with approximately 8 and 13%, comparatively with the control. The frequency of hypercholesterolemy in the first group of subjects was approximately double vs. the control.
Conclusions: The pathological levels of triglycerides were about 6.5 times more frequent in periodontitis, comparatively with those of the control group, yet no differentce was observed for the HDL cholesterol level.

Keywords:
  • hyp ercholesterolemia.
  • PERIODONTAL DISEASE
  • plasmatic triglycerides