Introduction: Co-morbidity is a medical condition accompanied to the primary condition for which patient is seeking medical or dental care.
Objective: To determine the frequency of medical co-morbid conditions in dental patients visiting oral surgery, prosthodontic and orthodontic departments.
Materials & Methods: The study was conducted in three tertiary care hospitals of Punjab. After obtaining informed consent, a comprehensive predesigned history form was used to record patients medical conditions. Different variables recorded for each participant were age, gender and history of medical co-morbid conditions including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, ischemic heart diseases, renal disorders, typhoid, thyroid disorder, degenerative joint disorder, asthma, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis A and E, HIV and tuberculosis.
Results: In this study, hypertension was reported with highest frequency of 9.5% in total number of patients followed by degenerative joint disorders and hepatitis C with the same frequency of 5.2%. Diabetes mellitus and hepatitis B accounted for 3.4% of the patients
Conclusion: This study concludes that presentation of medically compromised patients in dentistry is inevitable.
Key words: Orthodontics; Prosthodontics; Oral surgery; Medical co-morbidities.
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