Mahtani Anisha A, Jacob Caroline, Lakshmanan Reema
Student, Department of Periodontics, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Senior Lecturer, Department of Periodontics, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Jun 30;9(6):2774-2780. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_63_20. eCollection 2020 Jun.
To assess the extent of self-awareness and knowledge of diabetes and its association with periodontal disease among patients seeking dental care.
Data were collected in the form of a questionnaire from 150 consecutive adult patients from the outpatient department of Saveetha Dental College in Chennai, India. Complying patients were tested for diabetes mellitus by checking their random blood sugar and the results were correlated with the questionnaire and their periodontal findings. The findings were interpreted to examine the relationship between self-awareness and clinically diagnosed periodontitis.
One hundred fifty patients participated in the questionnaire and 70% were unaware of diabetes causing periodontal disease. A total of 47.3% of patients were also unwilling to get themselves tested for diabetes by their dentists as nearly 73.3% believed that they did not have diabetes. As a result, out of 150 patients, 41 consented to random blood sugar but only 23 patients followed up. Among these 23, 14 believed they were diabetic but only 12 of those 14 were proven to be so. Additionally, 20 patients were diagnosed with either localized or generalized chronic periodontitis while the remaining 3 patients had gingivitis. All 12 patients diagnosed with diabetes were affected by periodontitis as well.
Patients are generally apprehensive and misinformed regarding the influence of periodontitis and diabetes between both diseases and must be educated by both the medical and dental practitioners regarding the implications of these chronic inflammatory diseases.
评估在寻求牙科治疗的患者中，对糖尿病的自我认知程度、相关知识及其与牙周疾病的关联。
以问卷形式收集了来自印度钦奈Saveetha牙科学院门诊部的150名连续成年患者的数据。符合条件的患者通过检测随机血糖来进行糖尿病检测，结果与问卷及牙周检查结果相关联。对结果进行分析以研究自我认知与临床诊断的牙周炎之间的关系。
150名患者参与了问卷调查，70%的患者不知道糖尿病会导致牙周疾病。共有47.3%的患者也不愿意让牙医为他们检测糖尿病，因为近73.3%的患者认为自己没有糖尿病。结果，在150名患者中，41名同意进行随机血糖检测，但只有23名患者进行了随访。在这23名患者中，14名认为自己患有糖尿病，但其中只有12名经证实患有糖尿病。此外，20名患者被诊断为局限性或广泛性慢性牙周炎，其余3名患者患有牙龈炎。所有12名被诊断患有糖尿病的患者也都患有牙周炎。
患者通常对牙周炎和糖尿病之间的相互影响存在担忧且信息错误，医生和牙医必须对这些慢性炎症性疾病的影响对患者进行教育。
