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The relationship between clinical attachment loss and the duration of insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in children and adolescents
Author(s) -
Firatli Erhan,
Yilmaz Oya,
Onan Utku
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of clinical periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.456
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1600-051X
pISSN - 0303-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1996.tb00558.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fructosamine , diabetes mellitus , clinical attachment loss , endocrinology , body mass index , gingivitis , insulin dependent diabetes , gastroenterology , dentistry , periodontal disease , disease , autoimmune disease
The periodontal status of 77 diabetic children and adolescents, and 77 paired, systemically‐healthy, sex‐ and age‐matched control subjects, was clinical examined. Fasting blood glucose, fructosamine and glycosylated haemoglobin (HbAl) values were determined. The mean periodontal pocket depths, clinical attachment levels and the parameters to assess diabetes mellitus from the diabetic group were significantly higher than those of the controls. We found a positive correlation between the duration of diabetes and clinical attachment loss, but not with periodontal probing depth, plaque index and gingival index in the diabetic group. A positive correlation was also assessed between the present serum fructosamine and gingival index in the diabetic group, but not in controls.