National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Diabetes cause various complications that lead to complicated mechanism of action, many of these complications are still unknown, understanding these effects and preventing them can be very helpful for planning to deal with diabetes. Therefore, regarding the need to have more information on this disease and its complications, and the contradicted results of previous studies on oral effects of diabetes on the other hand, we conducted this study on prevalence of oral lesions in adult diabetic patients referred to dentistry faculty of Tabriz University of medical science between 2009-2014. Subjects in this descriptive study includes adult diabetic patients referred to dental faculty of Tabriz University of medical science between 2009-2014. Conducted data from this study were analyzed by using SPSS-15 statistical software and descriptive statistic methods (frequency). The results showed that the prevalence of majority of invested oral lesions including periodontal, soft tissue, precancerous and tumoral lesions in diabetic patients is more than healthy people. Regarding the high prevalence of all investigated oral lesions except oral candidiasis, geographic tongue and aphthous in diabetic patients in comparison with healthy people, a close cooperation between patients, the doctors and dentists is needed to enhance general and oral health condition of diabetic patients.
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