Manifestations of Renal Disease: ‘Uremic Syndrome’ – Review Article

V. Anand¹, G. S Asokan², R. Jayasri Krupaa³, N Balaji⁴, S Aswini⁵

¹Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Tagore Dental College and Hospital, Rathinamangalam, Chennai – 600 048. ²Tagore Dental College and Hospital, Rathinamangalam, Chennai – 600 048. ³Tagore Dental College and Hospital, Rathinamangalam, Chennai – 600 048. ⁴Dept of Oral Pathology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath University, Chennai-600100 ⁵Tagore Dental College and Hospital, Rathinamangalam, Chennai – 600 048.    

Abstract: Renal disease mostly affects the middle aged and elderly population, and has a normally chronic course. The oral manifestations of this produce a variety of signs and symptoms, that when properly recognized and diagnosed is very helpful in their management. Soft tissue as well as bone changes occurs in the renal disease patients causing uremic stomatitis and renal osteodystrophy. A careful case history taking and examination of all the patients becomes mandatory in order to find out an underlying serious renal disease and to avoid any potential complications.

Keywords: Uremic stomatitis; renal osteodystrophy; Dialysis; End stage renal disease

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