Oral manifestations of diabetes mellitus in complete denture wearers

Exfoliative Cytology of Type 1 Diabetic Patients

“…Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia, associated with irregularities in the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins (1). More than 200 million persons worldwide have diabetes mellitus (2).…”

Oral symptoms and mucosal lesions in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2

“…In our oral mucosal lesions frequency analysis, diabetics had a greater presence of oral mucosal lesions, but there was no significant difference between the groups. Other studies have also found that patents with type 2 DM did not have an increased presence of oral lesions 28 . Some studies however, demonstrated significantly higher prevalence of mucosal changes in diabetics.…”

Diabetes Mellitus Patients; Immediate Dentures

“…4 These oral complications are most likely due to increase glucose concentration in saliva, impaired host resistance due to defective function of polymorph nuclear leucocyte (PMN) and microvasculsar changes and dehydration due to polyuria. 5 A close association exists between periodontitis and diabetes which can have a reciprocal influence on each other. This two-way relationship is based on the fact that one condition modifies the systemic and local environments which favor the progress of the other.…”