ArticleSaudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological Society
The association between diabetic retinopathy and periodontal disease.
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- Diabetic Retinopathy and Periodontitis: Implications from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International dental journal · 2025Pooled it
- The Effect of Periodontitis Severity on Diabetic Retinopathy: An Optical Coherence Tomography Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Periodontal disease: A silent factor in the development and progression of diabetic retinopathy.World journal of diabetes · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of the study was to study the association between diabetic retinopathy (DR) and periodontal disease (PD) in a South Indian cohort.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional, observational, interdisciplinary hospital-based study wherein patients with diabetes mellitus visiting the ophthalmology department of a university teaching hospital in coastal Karnataka, south India, during the study period, were screened independently for retinopathy by an ophthalmologist and PD by a periodontal surgeon. All the patients were above 18 years of age and did not have juvenile or gestational diabetes. A total of 213 patients consented to participate in the study. The data were analyzed for association using the Chi-square test.
resultsThere was a statistically significant association between the presence of DR and PD (
conclusionThere is a significant association between DR and PD. The awareness of this association can aid in the screening of potentially sight-threatening retinopathy in diabetics presenting to the dental clinic with PD.
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