Open AccessOral Disease in Diabetic Patients – A Pilot Study
Author(s) -
Raluca-Iulia Juncar,
Mihai Juncar,
Amorin-Remus Popa
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
romanian journal of diabetes nutrition and metabolic diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2284-6417
pISSN - 2068-8245
DOI - 10.1515/rjdnmd-2016-0029
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , diabetes mellitus , family medicine , intensive care medicine , endocrinology
Background and Aims. Diabetes mellitus is one of the most frequent systemic diseases found in the human adult population. However, the impact of diabetes mellitus, particularly type 2, on oral health is a controversial subject that is far from being clarified. The aim of this study was to prospectively assess the oral health of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in order to detect the main oral pathological changes occurring in these patients