@Article{, title={The relationship between the dental caries and the blood glucose level among type II non insulin dependent diabetic patients}, author={Hawraa Khalid Aziz حوراء خالد عزيز}, journal={Journal of baghdad college of dentistry مجلة كلية طب الاسنان بغداد}, volume={24}, number={special issue 1}, pages={108-114}, year={2012}, abstract={Background: Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic diseases in the general population that effects theoral cavity so the probability of detecting an increased of dental caries in diabetic patients is more controversial. Theaims of this study to compare the dental caries among the diabetic and non diabetic patients and its relation withthe blood glucose level, medical history and oral health behaviors among type II non-insulin dependent diabeticmellitus patients.Materials and methods: The samples were composed of 180 subjects of diabetic patients and 180 subjects of nondiabetes. Both gender and age range 40 -70 years for both groups. The data were gathered by questionnaire,clinical examination and laboratory investigations included frequency of oral hygiene practices, caries experienceusing the DMFT Index, blood glucose including the fasting blood glucose level, and random blood glucose level.Independent t-test, Chi-square, correlation coefficient, as well as Z-proportion tests were used for statisticalcomparisons.Results: It indicated that there was no significant difference in DMFT between the diabetic and non-diabetic groups.In addition to blood glucose level was higher in diabetes than non diabetes with increased dental caries with theincrease of blood glucose level either random or fasting blood glucose level.Conclusion: This study indicated that the presence of dental caries is not significantly elevated in most diabetics butthe blood glucose level and the age effect on the dental caries as well as diabetic subjects should improve their oralhygiene practices

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