Dental and oral symptoms of diabetes mellitus

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Abstract
Dental and oral examination of 1360 patients with diabetes mellitus showed higher DMFT mean values with fewer carious teeth and more filled and extracted teeth than the controls. PI means values were higher in diabetes than in the control, the difference being statistically significant, and showed a positive correlation with age, but no correlation with the length of time since the disease was established. No correlation was found between the severity of gingivitis and changes in blood glucose levels. The sucrose-free diet of diabetes does not seem to reduce caries prevalence. The increased DMFT index is explained by the fact that, due to periodontitis, diabetes lose more teeth sooner than do healthy people.