Open AccessCorrelation of salivary glucose level with blood glucose level in diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Shreya Gupta,
Meghanand T Nayak,
J Sunitha,
Geetanshu Dawar,
Nidhi Sinha,
Mandeep Rallan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_222_15
Subject(s) - saliva , medicine , diabetes mellitus , postprandial , endocrinology , insulin , glycemic
Saliva is a unique fluid, which is important for normal functioning of the oral cavity. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a disease of absolute or relative insulin deficiency characterized by insufficient secretion of insulin by pancreatic beta-cells. The diagnosis of diabetes through blood is difficult in children, older adults, debilitated and chronically ill patients, so diagnosis by analysis of saliva can be potentially valuable as collection of saliva is noninvasive, easier and technically insensitive, unlike blood. The aim of the study was to correlate blood glucose level (BGL) and salivary glucose level (SGL) in DM patients.