ABSTRACT

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common chronic disorder which affects millions of people. At present, India has the highest incidence of diabetes worldwide. Several oral lesions and conditions are associated with diabetes. However, there is a lack of consensus among researchers regarding the relationship between diabetes mellitus and root stumps. Hence the present study was carried out to assess the prevalence of diabetes and root stumps in middle aged adults reporting to Saveetha dental college, Chennai. A hospital based observational study was conducted. All the case sheets of the dental patients for a period of 10 months [June 2019 to March 2020] were observed and the data of patients with coexisting diabetes mellitus and root stumps were gathered. The collected data were entered in an excel sheet and then statistically analysed. In this study, Patients between 30 to 50 yrs have more prevalence of diabetes mellitus and root stumps - 64 %. The gender of these patients were predominantly male - 68 %. The presence of root stumps in these patients was more prevalent in Sextant 1 and Sextant 3. More than 45 % of these patients have 3 to 4 root stumps in number. This study concluded that male diabetic patients have more root stumps in the oral cavity. More awareness is required to motivate the patients for the removal of root stumps and subsequent replacement. Keywords: Diabetes; Root stumps; Removal of root stumps; Awareness
Publication date: 01/08/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.8.1064