Evaluation of the periodontal status in relation to the course of diabetes mellitus

The authors evaluated the structural units of periodontal tissues in order to study the baseline periodontal status in 268 patients with diabetes mellitus, who were divided, according to the degree of glycolytic disorders, into 3 groups: 1) compensated; 2) subcompensated; and 3) decompensated forms. The study demonstrated that the patients with compensated diabetes mellitus made up a group of good periodontal status. Those with subcompensated and decompensated diabetes mellitus showed a poor periodontal status, which makes it necessary to develop differential forms of periodontological service, by bearing in mind the compensation of carbohydrate metabolic disturbances.