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Comparison of DMFT indexes between diabetic and non-diabetic patients

par Jurysta, Cédric ;Cetik, Sibel ;Boz, Mustafa;Bulur, Nurdan ;Mahvelati, Gita MG;Malaisse, Willy ;Vanden Abbeele, Astrid ;Sener, Abdullah
Référence Metabolic and functional research on diabetes, 3, page (25-29)
Publication Publié, 2010-09-29

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Objectives: This report deals with a comparison of decayed, missing and filled teeth prevalence (DMFT index) in non-diabeticand diabetic patients.Methods: The DMFT index were used in 28 male, 93 female control subjects and in 63 male , 92 female diabetic subjects.Results: Pooling together all available data, no significant difference was found between the values recorded at the mandibularand maxillar level. In 28 male and 93 female control subjects, no obvious gender-related difference was observed, whilst theslope of the regression line relating the DMFT index to age was more elevated in 92 female than in 63 male diabetic subjects.When considering separately decayed, missing and filled teeth, significant correlations with age were always observed formissing teeth. Likewise, the sole consistent difference between control and diabetic patients consisted in a higher slope of theregression lines relating the number of missing teeth to age in the latter patients.Conclusion: Taken as a whole, our findings confirm that, in diabetic as distinct from non-diabetic patients, a less satisfactorytooth health status may prevail, at least for selected variable(s) such as the age-related prevalence of missing teeth.