Orofacial Manifestation of Systemic Sclerosis: A Cross-Sectional Study and Future Prospects of Oral Capillaroscopy.
Anna AntonacciEmanuela PrainoAntonia AbbinanteGianfranco FaviaCinzia RotondoBartolomeo NicolaMassimo GiottaFlorenzo IannoneGermano OrrùMaria Teresa AgnetaSaverio CapodiferroGiuseppe BarileMassimo CorsaliniPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
periodontitis, reduced salivary flow, and microstomia could be considered SSc oral manifestations. Joint deformities, facial appearance, and comorbidities significantly reduce the QoL of SSc patients compared to healthy subjects. Oral videocapillaroscopy could be an innovative and reliable technique to detect oral microcirculation anomalies.