ABSTRACT

Diabetes mellitus is defined as a metabolic disorder which causes an increase in blood sugar for a prolonged time period. Early diagnosis of diabetes and prediabetes is essential and recommended for a healthy and better life. Screening is more essential in developing countries like India to reduce late diagnosis. Assessment of blood glucose levels is required prior to procedures to avert complications which can occur. The unnecessary complication can be due to poor diabetes control. Occasionally, there can also be a delay in dental treatment. Poor diabetic control causes major challenges. An assessment of the diabetic control will help identify the burden of dental fraternity, identify patients, improve disease control and avert complications both oral and systemic. The study of this nature will have an enormous public health impact. The study is to raise awareness of diabetes and its prevalence among the population. In this study we assess the diabetic control of patients visiting dental college. The aim of the study is to raise awareness of diabetes and its prevalence among the population. This was a retrospective study done under a hospital setting. All the patients' records were collected from June 2019 to March 2020 and were reviewed. The data included patients who had undergone blood glucose tests. The data was tabulated and entered in excel and the data was analysed using SPSS package software. p<0.05 was considered to be the level of statistical significance, in the study. The assessment for diabetic control of patients visiting a dental hospital was done. There is a significant higher incidence of male patients who reported with diabetes mellitus than female patients. Among the known diabetic about 11.25% of patients are not under any medication. A significant number of patients tested with abnormal results. Screening for diabetes is essential to avoid late diagnosis. Most common age group with unknown diabetes is 40 to 60 years old. Keywords: Diabetes; Hyperglycemia; Diabetic Control; Random blood sugar; RBG
Publication date: 01/08/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.8.1011