Relación bidireccional entre diabetes mellitus y periodontitis apical.

ENDODONTOLOGY Diabetes mellitus & apical periodontitis

* Principal, Professor & HOD, **Professor, *** Professor & HOD, ****Senior Lecturer, # Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, KVG Dental College and Hospital, Kurunjibagh, Sullia, ## Department of Microbiology, KVG Medical College, ### Dept of Conservative and Endodontics, Yenepoya Dental College, Mangalore ABSTRACT Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease with serious health consequ...

Periodontitis and Diabetes Mellitus

Apical periodontitis

Apical periodontitis is an inflammatory lesion in the periodontal tissues that is caused mostly by bacterial elements derived from the infected root canal system of teeth (Core concept 7.1). In non-treated teeth apical periodontitis represents a defensive response to a primary infection in a necrotic pulp. Apical periodontitis may also develop due to a secondary infection subsequent to endodont...

Resistin: A Potential Biomarker for Periodontitis Influenced Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes Induced Periodontitis

Biomarkers are highly specific and sensitive indicators of disease activity. Resistin is a recently discovered adipocytokine, having a potent biomarker quality. Initially resistin was thought to be produced by adipocytes alone; however, emerging evidence suggests that it is also produced in abundance by various cells of the immunoinflammatory system, indicating its role in various chronic infla...

Yeasts in apical periodontitis.

Microbiological reports of apical periodontitis have revealed that yeasts can be isolated from approximately 5-20% of infected root canals. They occur either in pure cultures or together with bacteria. Almost all isolated yeasts belong to the genus Candida, and the predominant species is C. albicans. Pheno- and genotypic profiles of C. albicans isolates show heterogeneity comparable with those ...