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## Dental Implications of Renal Disease **Patients who have had a kidney transplant are more prone to infection.** This is because the immunosuppressant drugs taken to prevent the body rejecting the new kidney also weaken the immune system. **Symptoms of infection may include:** - Shortness of b...

## Dental Implications of Renal Disease **Patients who have had a kidney transplant are more prone to infection.** This is because the immunosuppressant drugs taken to prevent the body rejecting the new kidney also weaken the immune system. **Symptoms of infection may include:** - Shortness of breath - Swollen gums, making it difficult to scale gingiva **Dental Relevance:** - **Candida infections** (yeast infections): Anti-fungal gel - **Herpes Simplex:** - **Cytomegalovirus:** fatigue, fever, swollen glands - **Viral infections:** - **Lymphomas:** - **Skin, lip, and cervical cancer:** - **Kaposi Sarcoma:** may cause gingival overgrowth, leading to false probe readings - **Cyclosporine:** may cause Hep-B and other viruses **Other dental implications:** - **Dry Mouth:** Xerostomia - **Halitosis:** bad breath - **Metallic taste:** - **Growth may be stunted:** - **Salivary gland swollen:** - **Tooth eruption:** - **Enamel hypoplasia:** **Watch video on renal diseases:** Functions of the kidney and what their relevance is to dentistry? **Dental Management** to renal disease.