Oral health problems influence the general condition of people. The clinical diagnosis of oral disease can give an idea of the etiology and prognosis, but this not directly reflects the level of disturbance. For some people oral diseases indicate a risk factor but are not for life, not severe enough to disable their abilities, but their consequences can impact daily life at different degrees and cause disability altering the perception of psychosocial development. Several authors mention oral signs as risk factor for systemic diseases. Pathologies of root canal considered as a place of outbreak of systemic actinomycosis. Chronic ulceration of the hard palate where the sign of undiagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis is presented is also described; likewise secondary syphilis is initially diagnosed by oral lesions. Other authors argue that primary Ewing sarcoma of bone surrounds the head and ne...

Los problemas en la salud oral influyen en la condición general del individuo. El diagnóstico clínico de la enfermedad oral puede dar idea de la causa y el pronóstico, sin embargo no refleja directamente el nivel de alteración en el individuo. En algunas personas las enfermedades orales indican un factor de riesgo pero que no son de por vida, ni tan severos que deshabiliten sus capacidades, sin embargo sus consecuencias pueden impactar en la vida diaria en diferentes grados y provocar la percepción de incapacidad alterando el desenvolvimiento psicosocial. Diversos autores mencionan signos orales como factor de riesgo de enfermedades sistémicas. Patologias del canal radicular como lugar de brote de actinomicosis sistémica. Tambien se describe a la ulceración crónica del paladar duro donde se presenta el signo de tuberculosis pulmonar no diagnosticada, asi mismo la sífilis secun...

Oral health problems affect the general condition of people. The clinical diagnosis of oral disease can give an idea of the cause and prognosis, but don´t reflect directly the level of individual disturbance. For most people oral diseases are not for long life, not severe enough to disable, but its consequences can impact daily life and cause varying degrees of disability perception altering psychosocial development. There are evidences that oral diseases can significantly impact systemic condition.

Oral health problems affect the general condition of people. The clinical diagnosis of oral disease can give an idea of the cause and prognosis, but don´t reflect directly the level of individual disturbance. For most people oral diseases are not for long life, not severe enough to disable, but its consequences can impact daily life and cause varying degrees of disability perception altering psychosocial development. There are evidences that oral diseases can significantly impact systemic condition.