290 cases of diabetics and 290 cases of non-diabetics who came to the department of Internal Medicine and Dental clinic in the National Medical Center were examined with oral examination and intra-oral x-ray study from February, 1977 to January, 1981. The obtained results were as follows;
In the diabetics gingival inflammatory changes, alveolar bone resorption and tooth mobility were more severe than non-diabetics who had similar local irritants in the oral cavities. |