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Periodontal Disease Status of Pregnant Women with Diabetes Mellitus

Adrian Kasaj
Gregor Georg Zafiropoulos
Haki Tekyatan
Alex Pistorius
Brita Willershausen

Sažetak

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between type I diabetes mellitus (DM) and periodontal
disease in pregnant women. Fifty-two pregnant women aged 27.9±6.9 years with type I DM participated in the present
study. Forty-two non-pregnant type I female diabetics (mean age: 27.9±6.1 years) and 121 healthy non-pregnant women
(mean age: 29.1±5.7 years) without diabetes formed the control group. All subjects were given a clinical periodontal examination
including probing pocket depth (PPD), probing attachment level (PAL), assessment of plaque and gingivitis
scores (SBI). Blood parameters included levels of hemoglobin, glycosylated hemoglobin, total cholesterol, triglyceride
and leukocytes. The pregnant diabetic subjects showed despite a good metabolic control significantly higher values for
the SBI compared to the controls. Pregnant diabetic subjects displayed a significant correlation between the dose of insulin
per day and PPD (p0.05) as well as the PAL (p0.05). In conclusion, the results of the study indicate that pregnant
diabetics demonstrate a higher degree of periodontal inflammation and destruction compared to non-pregnant diabetics
and healthy non-pregnant patients.

Ključne riječi

diabetes mellitus; periodontal disease; pregnancy in diabetes; oral health

Hrčak ID:

22823

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/22823

Datum izdavanja:

8.5.2008.

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