[The clinico-biochemical characteristics of periodontal diseases in subjects who are under conditions of constant, permanent stress]

Abstract

A comparative study of prevalence of periodontal diseases in an indigenous Armenian population and a population of refugees in Armenia has been performed. The refugees population was considered a population of subjects under permanent stress conditions. It has been shown that in the refugees population there are higher prevalence of periodontal diseases, first of all periodontitis, and more marked heaviness of injures in periodontal tissues that those in the indigenous population. These changes were accompanied with elevated signs of disturbances of hemo-endothelial balance. In particular, there were profound alterations of normal ratio of 6-keto-PGF1a/NXB2 and increased level of markers for endothelial disorganization, thrombomodulin and von Willebrand factor, in the blood. It is that stress-induced disturbances of the hemo-endothelial balance among the refugees may contribute to developing periodontal diseases in this population.