Principles of providing dental care to patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Abstract

The presence of odontogenic foci in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis is characterized by characteristic signs of intoxication of the disease process, changes in the blood, pulmonary erosion, changes in immunoglobulins and immune components. The purpose of the work was to increase the effectiveness of the prevention and treatment of dental caries in patients with tuberculosis. The provision of dental care in the treatment of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis has its own characteristics, which depend on the course of the disease and the degree of its spread. It was found that patients treated at the anti-tuberculosis dispensary should receive not only anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy, but also undergo a dental examination and receive dental care. The attending physicians, in collaboration with dentists, should treat the whole body of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.