Women as Periodontal Patients: Are There any Gender Differences?

由女性特質看牙周病治療中的性別差異

葉惠津(Hwey-Chin Yeh)

《臺灣牙周病醫學會雜誌》 20卷1期 (2015/03) Pp. 23-38

https://doi.org/10.6121/TAP.2015.20.1.04

摘要

無論是在健康的個體，或是對於疾病的探討，性別差異向來是個值得關注的議題。隨著愈來愈多的研究報告，這些關注已不僅止於性器官的健康狀態，而是進一步了解更多女性與男性在身體結構與社會行為不同所帶來的差異。雖然流行病學的研究多說明了男性較女性更易罹患牙周疾病，但是女性的平均壽命較長，也較注重健康，經常表現出較高的就診意願，這種種特質都在提醒我們必須更加了解女性的牙周相關問題。這篇文獻將回顧男女差異表現在牙周病的特質、好犯於女性且與牙周病相關的全身性疾病，以及女性荷爾蒙對於牙周健康的影響。

關鍵字

牙周病 ； 危險因子 ； 性別特質 ； 性別差異 ； 女性

並列摘要

There is an increasing awareness that sex and gender differences may affect both health and disease. This is not only related to procreation or disorders of sex-specific organs, but there is also a range of variations in terms of the functioning of the male and female bodies, as well as variation in social behavior between the sexes. Regardless of epidemiological studies targeting periodontal diseases, which have generally shown that periodontal destruction is more prevalent among males than among females, the chance of treating women periodontal patients has never decreased. Women live longer and to access dental care differently, and seem to react to health promotion in a more positive manner. This article explores gender differences in terms of peridontal disease, certain systemic diseases with periodontal manifestations that are more prevalent in women and sex hormone related periodontal problems in women.

並列關鍵字

Periodontal disease ； risk factors ； sex characteristics ； gender difference ； female