Interesting study looking at the association between between Periodontal Diseases and Hypothyroidism. This is something I've had issues with but never related it to hypothyroidism.
The findings of the current study showed that, in a cohort of adult Saudi subjects, patients with hypothyroidism have higher prevalence and more severe periodontal disease symptoms compared to controls, suggesting significant association.
Full research article can be found here: dovepress.com/association-b...
Thanks for posting this FAB-jellybean. It's something I've tried to discuss with a couple of dentists, but they just can't and won't see a connection. Ignorance about the systemic effect of thyroid hormone imbalances is never ending.
They'd rather believe it's because you don't clean your teeth properly! It's always the patient to blame.
One thing that affects my dental health is my lack of saliva - and I think my lack of saliva might be caused by being hypothyroid.
Yes I have the same problem. Was tested for Sjogren's syndrome 12 years ago but had no antibodies. Rheumatologist said I had all the symptoms but they didn't want to do an invasive biopsy as they could only treat the symptoms anyway. I got a really disgusting saliva replacement prescribed but couldn't tolerate it. I later discovered my T3 was well under range with T4 at top of range and TSH in range bit no-one thought that might be the problem of all my issues. Not so bad now I have T3 prescribed but still not as it should be.
I've found my dental health declines when my hormone dose is lower. It makes sense because skin health declines in hypothyroidism so it's logical that this applies to skin inside the mouth. The study isn't quite good enough, it finds a link with hormone dose but doesn't record hormone levels. It might seem that more hormone (higher doses) cause dental problems but I suspect it is the opposite and these patients were generally undermedicated (there seems to be a high proportion on 25 or 50 mcg). The high levels of statistical significance are surprising, either there are analytical errors or a common problem has been missed for a long time.
I only read the abstract, fair point. There's not many studies these days that stand up to scrunity 😞
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