The association of periodontal disease with metabolic control in type 1 diabetic adolescents
Year: 2020
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Background: Chronic inflammation of the periodontium is known as periodontal disease.The inflammation can be contained only within gingival connective tissue or can progress, leading to the loss of gingival connective tissue and alveolar bone.Lately, periodontal disease is considered as a co-morbidity of diabetes mellitus (Polak, Sanui et al., 2020).Though studies that have assessed the relationship of periodontal status with the glycemic control in type 1 diabetes mellitus adolescents, such studies have not been conducted in South Africa.Aim: This study compared the periodontal status of adolescents with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) with their diabetic metabolic control.Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 58 adolescent patients diagnosed with T1DM.Disease of the periodontium was assessed using the American Academy of Periodontology as well as the European Federation of Periodontology 2017 classification.Periodontal parameters were assessed and the periodontal health of the diabetic adolescents was compared to their glycemic control.Results: Out of the 58 diabetic adolescents, 44 (75.86%) had gingivitis, 6 (10.34%) had periodontitis and 8 (13.79%) adolescents showed a healthy periodontal status.Forty out of the 44 gingivitis patients had uncontrolled diabetes, 4 out of the 6 patients with periodontitis had uncontrolled diabetes, while 7 out of the 8 patients with healthy periodontal status, had uncontrolled diabetes.There was no association between periodontal diagnosis and metabolic control, p=0.231.Conclusion: Though more adolescents in this sample had been diagnosed with periodontal disease, there was no association between periodontal diagnosis and metabolic control in T1DM adolescents.
Author: Mohamed Abdelrahman
Language: English
Subfield: Periodontics
Field: Dentistry
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3146930764