ArticleInternational journal of clinical pediatric dentistry2022
Evaluation of Salivary Components and Dental Plaque in Relation to Dental Caries Status in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.
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- Dental caries and periodontal status in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus: an umbrella review.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026Pooled it
- Early childhood caries and type 1 diabetes mellitus - Evidence on primary teeth and oral health: A systematic review.Biomolecules & biomedicine · 2026Pooled it
- Poor glycemic control impairs oral health in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus - a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2024Pooled it
- Levilactobacillus brevis CD2 as a multifaceted probiotic to preserve oral health: results of a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in healthy adults.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Trial
- Salivary sialic acid as a diagnostic biomarker for periodontal health in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a pilot study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026Article
- Relationship Between Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Dental Caries Status with Related Oral Health Indicators in Children.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2025Article
- Current developments and opportunities of pluripotent stem cells-based therapies for salivary gland hypofunction.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024Review
- Salivary proteomic profile of young healthy subjects.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2023Article
- Type 1 diabetes, glycemic traits, and risk of dental caries: a Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in genetics · 2023Article
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Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the dental caries prevalence in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) as compared to healthy children and, to assess the salivary components (flow rate, glucose, α-Amylase, Methods: Dental caries were estimated by using the DMFS index and dental plaque by Sillness and Loe plaque index. The following methods were used to assess the salivary components; draining method to determine the flow rate; glucose oxidase peroxidase method for glucose; substrate method for α-Amylase, Mitis Salivarius Bacitracin agar was used to culture Results: Caries prevalence was significantly lower in T1DM. In the diabetic group, a significant positive correlation was found between DMFS value and plaque, DMFS value and salivary glucose, and also with DMFS value and salivary α-Amylase. A significant negative correlation was found between the DMFS value and the unstimulated salivary flow rate. The multivariate regression analysis demonstrated that decrease in the unstimulated salivary flow rate to be significantly associated with increasing DMFS values. Conclusion: The caries prevalence was found to be low in T1DM when compared to the healthy children, the cause for it being related to the low plaque scores. Low caries prevalence could also be due to the restriction of sucrose in their diet. Clinical significance: As clinicians, along with restoring the smiles of a child patient, we have to retrospectively analyze the factors involved in the causation of dental caries. Educating the parents and the child in regard to this will help prevent the occurrence of any new carious lesion. How to cite this article: Manjushree R, Anandakrishna L, Prasad KS K,
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