Summary
The oral cavity has several physiological functions through their structures. Such structures act in the chewing process, the perception of flavors, besides serving airway. The relationship between systemic diseases and oral manifestations is well reported in the literature. It is observed in numerous studies, morbidity descriptions primarily mouth followed by a diagnosis of systemic disorders. Rheumatic diseases exemplify that these can manifest with changes in oral health in addition to the peculiar clinical presentations to each morbidity. For this work we investigated in the literature studies that provided evidence of the presence of oral manifestations in rheumatic diseases by searching Lilacs, PubMed and Bireme databases, included in the year 2009–2015. The available evidence in the literature, reveal the importance of including clinical evaluation of the mouth and its associated structures as an important element for the diagnosis and guidance for the proper handling of complaints of these patients.
KEY WORDS: oral manifestations, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatic diseases, rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögran syndrome.
How to cite this article
REIS, T. R. C.; NOGUEIRA, B. M. L.; DOMÍNGUEZ, M. C. L.; DE MENEZES, S. A. F.; DA SILVA E SOUZA, P. A. R. & MENEZES, T. O. A. Oral manifestations of rheumatologic patients: A knowledge review. Int. J. Odontostomat., 9(3):413-418, 2015.
