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Acta Odontológica Venezolana
Print version ISSN 0001-6365
Abstract
SILVA GOMES, Débora Aline et al. Directrices para el diagnóstico de la diabetes mellitus y la conducta clínica periodontal. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2009, vol.47, n.4, pp.201-210. ISSN 0001-6365.
The periodontal medicine is an area that has been receiving importance, due the association between periodontal diseases and systemic conditions. Studies have been conducted in order to verify this relationship, and that is why literature has been focusing on the oral cavity as an important tool in the early diagnosis of systemic diseases, such as diabetes mellitus. Then the literature have been focused the oral cavity which an important instrument of early diagnosis about some systemic pathologies such as diabetes mellitus. In front of the suspect of diabetes conditions, many oral healthy complications have been observed by health care that include recurrent periodontal abscess, gingival marginal necrosis and high susceptibility to infections. Once these conditions were observed, the surgeon dentist should request the necessary exams for the diagnosis of the diabetes and then to direct the patient for medical treatment. In front of such considerations, we set out in this article to review studies that investigated the possible correlation, seeking to present major alterations clinics and systemic patients with these diseases, to better clarify the clinical practitioners on how to proceed in relation to metabolic control of patients (blood tests) and clinical behavior is the most appropriate
Keywords : Diabetes mellitus; periodontal diseases; diabetes complications.