Diabetes and periodontal disease
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2018-04-18
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faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University
Abstract
The relationship between diabetes mellitus and periodontal disease is not clear, even though
studied intensively. Like other complications of diabetes, gum disease is linked to diabetic control.
People with poor blood sugar control get gum disease more often and more severely, and they lose
more teeth than do persons with good control. The study was to clinically evaluate the relationship
of diabetes mellitus with periodontal disease and the Results indicated that the prevalence of
periodontal disease in diabetic patients was 86.8%.And the aims of study to analysis was used to
investigate the relationship between prevalence and severity of periodontal disease and various
other factors such as glycemic status, and duration of diabetes mellitus.
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The periodontal disease is the sixth most common disease in the world. People with diabetes are
more likely to experience periodontal disease if they’ve had poor blood sugar levels for a long
period of time and poorly controlled high glucose level in the mouth fluids help the growth of
bacteria and can cause gum disease. The diabetes mellitus is a complicated metabolic disorder
characterized by hypofunction or lack of function of the beta cells of the islets of langerhans in
the pancreas, leading to high blood glucose levels and excretion of sugar in the urine. Diabetes is
the commonest among metabolic disorders and its incidence is on the increase all over the world.
It affects 2 to 10% of the human population. Periodontal disease has been labeled as the “Sixth
Complication” of diabetes. However, there is no unanimity about the exact relationship between
diabetes mellitus and occurrence of periodontal disease.
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