INCIDENCE OF PERIODONTAL DISEASE IN TYPE I DIABETES MELLITUS IN RANDOM SAMPLE OF EGYPTIAN CHILDREN

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Lecture of Pedoodontoc and Dental public health faculty of Dental medicine Al-Azhar University Girls Branch. Assistant Professor of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Tiabah Univeristy.ksa

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate periodontal health in a group of Egyptian Children suffering from type I diabetes mellitus. Periodontal disease was clinically assessed by measurement of gingival and plaque incidence 150 children ranging age from 7 to 13 years old with type I diabetes mellitus and a control group without diabetes mellitus.
The results of this study showed that children with type I diabetes mellitus had significantly more plaque, Gingival inflammation than control group.