Annals of Dental Specialty

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Authors: Abhishek Kandwal, Manu Batra

Background: Diabetes has a high prevalence rate in Indian population due to the genetic profile (thrifty genotype), lifestyle and economy. It is the need of the time to identify diabetic individuals early and prevent the complication associated with diabetes (i.e. neuropathy, retinopathy and nephropathy) from occurring. This requires simple screening tools to identify diabetic individuals. Present study was designed to access whether gingival crevicular blood (GCB) can be used in screening of Type II diabetes mellitus as compared to Finger prick blood (FPB) Method: 50 patients with chronic Periodontitis; 25 known diabetic and 25 systemically healthy were enrolled in the present study design. Blood oozing from the gingival crevices of anterior teeth following periodontal probing and finger-prick blood was taken and was analysed by glucometer. Results: Mean ± S.D was 195.84 ± 27.19 and 138.78 ± 29.95 for GCB and FPB respectively in diabetic group. For non-diabetic group Mean ± S.D was 103.84 ± 12.56 and 84.36 ± 10.36 respectively for GCB and FPB. A Pearson correlation coefficient value of r = + 0.045 for diabetic and r = + 0.0324 for non-diabetic group comparing GCB and FPB. Conclusion: The present study failed to validates use of GCB for testing blood glucose during routine periodontal examination

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Authors: Gurdeep Singh, Gurmeet Kaur, Vijay Mengi, Bhupinder Singh

A Cross-sectional study was carried out on 322 children in the age group of 6-12 years studying in different Govt. Schools of Miran Sahib Zone of R. S. Pura Block. The children were assessed for dental caries by “Oral Cavity Examination” in outdoor daylight or with a torch. Dental caries was diagnosed according to the presence of “Decayed/Filled Teeth” present according to the WHO Oral health survey 1999. Dental caries was assessed in relation to mode of tooth cleaning, children taking sweets/toffees, oral cleanliness habits, education level of mother and income status of family. Over all prevalence of dental caries was found to be 18.01%. The prevalence was slightly higher 18.63% in girls as compared to 17.39% prevalence seen in boys. Low prevalence (7.65%) of Dental caries was seen in children of literate mothers as compared to illiterate mothers having high prevalence rate of 34.12%. The prevalence was higher (100 %) in children with bad oral cleanliness as compared to prevalence (14.28%) seen in children with good oral hygiene.