Practical Geriatrics ›› 2023, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 270-273.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1003-9198.2023.03.014

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Comparison of characteristics of periodontal health between elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and healthy people

YANG Jie, TANG Wei, LIANG Bei-bei, ZHU Ya-jun   

  1. Department of Stomatology(YANG Jie, ZHU Ya-jun); Department of Endocrinology(TANG Wei, LIANG Bei-bei), Geriatric Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210024, China
  • Received:2022-05-30 Online:2023-03-20 Published:2023-03-13
  • Contact: ZHU Ya-jun, Email: zyjun1204@163.com

Abstract: Objective To compare the characteristics of periodontal health between elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and elderly people receiving physical examination. Methods A cross-sectional study of periodontal health was conducted in the elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (diabetes group, 70 cases) and elderly people receiving physical examination (control group, 100 cases). The bleeding on probing (BOP), the depth of maximum periodontal probing depth (PD), the losing teeth due to periodontal disease, the stage and grade of periodontitis were compared between the two groups. Results The positive rate of BOP, the detection rate of PD=3-5 mm or >5 mm, and the percentage of teeth lost due to periodontal disease in diabetes group were significantly higher than those in control group (P<0.001). The number of BOP tooth surface, the number of teeth with PD=3-5 mm or >5 mm and the number of lost teeth due to periodontal disease in diabetes group were higher than those in control group (P<0.001). The prevalence rate of periodontitis in diabetes group was significantly higher than that in control group (97.1% vs 45.0%, P<0.001). The proportion of periodontitis in stages Ⅲ and Ⅳ according to severity, the proportion in Grade C according to the progression speed of periodontitis and the proportion in extensive type according to the range of affected teeth were significantly higher in diabetes group than those in control group(P<0.05). Conclusions The periodontal health of the elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus is not optimistic, with high detection rate, serious degree, fast progression speed and extensive range. Therefore, the elderly patients with diabetes should be screened for periodontal disease routinely and receive periodontal sequence therapy timely.

Key words: periodontal health, type 2 diabetes mellitus, aged, cross-sectional study

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