ArticleInternational dental journal2017
Dental and periodontal health, and microbiological and salivary conditions in patients with or without diabetes undergoing haemodialysis.
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- Blood and Salivary Inflammatory Biomarkers Profile in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Periodontal Disease: A Systematic Review.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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- Breastfeeding may have a long-term effect on oral microbiota: results from the Fin-HIT cohort.International breastfeeding journal · 2020Article
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- Periodontal Disease in Patients Receiving Dialysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Review
- Dialysis vintage time has the strongest correlation to psychosocial pattern of oral health-related quality of life - a multicentre cross-sectional study.Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the dental and periodontal health, as well as the microbiological and salivary conditions, of patients with and without diabetes mellitus (DM) who are receiving haemodialysis.
methodsOne-hundred and fifty-nine haemodialysis patients were included and divided into groups according to the pre-existing diabetes status: DM or no DM. The oral examination included dental findings and assessment of the periodontal situation. The periodontal condition was classified as healthy/mild, moderate or severe periodontitis. Subgingival biofilm samples were analysed using the polymerase chain reaction. The salivary diagnostics included measurement of unstimulated and stimulated salivary flow, pH and buffer capacity. Statistical analyses used Fisher's test, the t-test and the Mann-Whitney U-test (α = 5%).
resultsThe dental findings showed no significant difference between patients with and without DM (P = 0.44). The prevalence of periodontitis was high (96% in patients with DM and 97% in patients who did not have DM) and there was no significant difference between the groups (P = 0.71). There was a higher prevalence of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Parvimonas micros, Eubacterium nucleatum and Capnocytophaga spp. in patients without DM (P < 0.05). The salivary pH was significantly higher in patients without DM (P < 0.01).
conclusionWhile differences in the prevalence of periodontal pathogenic bacteria and in the salivary pH were detected between the groups, the dental and periodontal status was comparable between patients with and without DM. Accordingly, DM appears to have no decisive influence on the oral health in patients treated with haemodialysis who have well-controlled diabetes.
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