Acute Fascial Space Abscess upon Dental Implantation to Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Prevalence of transient hyperglycemia and diabetes mellitus in pediatric patients with acute leukemia

Background The most common malignancy of children is Leukemia, accounting approximately one third of cancer diagnosis. Available data demonstrate improvement in survival of pediatric leukemia, so evaluation of side effects of treatment is very important. This study investigates hyperglycemia and diabetes mellitus prevalence in pediatric patients with acute leukemia. Materials and Methods T...

Dental Caries & Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes Mellitus has been linked with increased incidence of dental caries. Aim of this study was to compare caries incidence between control group and diabetic patients and to assess whether there is any association between dental caries and salivary glucose level and salivary calcium levels. Study was conducted on 60 subjects; 30 control and 30 diabetics. DFT (Decayed Filled Teeth Score) was...

Diabetes mellitus: Relevance to dental treatment.

Frequency of Undiagnosed Diabetes Mellitus among Patients with Stroke

Background: Stroke is one of the common causes of disability and death in the world. Furthermore, diabetes mellitus is among the main risk factors for cerebrovascular events. However, a high percentage of individuals with diabetes mellitus are unaware of their disease.  Objectives: To determine the frequency of Undiagnosed Diabetes mellitus (UD) in patients with stroke. Materials & Methods: I...

Color space distortions in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Color vision impairment was examined in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) without retinopathy. We assessed the type and degree of distortions of individual color spaces. DM2 patients (n = 32), and age-matched controls (n = 20) were tested using the Farnsworth D-15 and the Lanthony D-15d tests. In addition, subsets of caps from both tests were employed in a triadic procedure (Bimler &...