Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río (Mar 2017)
Oral health status in diabetic patients with more than 20 years of evolution
Abstract
Introduction: diabetes mellitus is a genuine condition of recurrent states of hyperglycemia associated with the progression of oral, infectious, ulcerative and chronic degenerative diseases such as periodontitis. Objective: to describe the state of oral health in diabetic patients with more than 20 years of evolution of the disease, as well as the characteristics of care received in dentistry services. Method: retrospective and observational cross-sectional study over a two-year period. The data were analyzed by Descriptive Statistics, using absolute frequency and percentage. Oral examination was performed on each patient. The variables: sex, age, oral hygiene, periodontal and mucosal status and lip affections were evaluated. The target group was comprised of 84 patients and the sample included 72. Results: 65.85% of the patients belonged to the age group of 61 to 80 years, of which 37.5% were female, 27% had periodontal disease, 18% had edentulism, 16% with sub prosthesis stomatitis and only 9.7 % of patients were referred from Comprehensive Dentistry Care, and 72% of the dentists did not have a register of diabetics. Conclusions: oral health in the studied group showed risk with sequelae; inconveniences were detected in the recruitment of patients, knowledge of the relationship between periodontal disease and diabetes mellitus, oral health and limitations in the control and frequency of dentistry care despite being the group diagnosed.
