Frequency of dental resorptions in patients with endocrinopathies
Some dental resorptions, especially those occurring during the use of orthodontic devices, were empirically related with systemic disorders, emphasizing the endocrinopathies. The endeavor of this research was to determine the dental radiographic profile of patients with endocrine disorders who had not undergone orthodontic treatment, in order to verify the correlation to the pathological etiology of root resorptions compared to the dental radiographic profile of healthy patients. The experimental sample consisted of ten experimental groups submitted to clinical and radiographic assessment. Nine groups were constituted of 10 patients each, respectively distinguished as: normal, with hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, hyperparathyroidism, diabetes mellitus type 1, diabetes mellitus type 2, menopause, micropolycystic ovaries syndrome and patients under use of oral contraceptives. The tenth group consisted of only one patient with hiperparathyroidism. The patients were individually analyzed. Systemic conditions, hormonal seric grades, as well as Ca, P, acid and alkaline phosphatases were compared according to an established clinical and diagnostic endocrinological protocol. Multiple root resorptions were not found in any patient. Some teeth presented isolated root resorptions due to chronic periapical lesions, classified as 1 or 2, considered questionable and incipient, respectively. The results allowed to conclude that endocrinopathies do not influence the etiopathogenesis of root resorption.