ORAL SANCTION OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS IN SURGICAL DENTISTRY

Abstract

Oral Complications of poorly controlled diabetes mellitus may
include xerostomia, bacterial, viral, and fungal infections (including
candidiasis), poor wound healing, increased incidence and severity of
caries, gingivitis and periodontal disease, periapical abscesses, and
burning mouth symptoms. Oral findings in patients with uncontrolled
diabetes most likely relate to excessive loss of fluids through urination,
altered response to infection, microvascular changes, and possibly,
increased glucose concentrations in saliva