Abstract

Diabetes affects the health of the teeth and periodontal tissue leading to bone destruction and teeth loss. The idea that is present among dentists is that diabetic patients with periodontitis must lose more teeth than non-diabetic patients, but what we notice in our college clinics telling us the opposite.
The aim of this study isto compare the teeth loss of diabetic and non-diabetic patients considering the age, sex and presence of bad habits (smoking and qat chewing).
Teeth loss and depth of periodontal pocket of 65 adult diabetics and 65 adult non diabetic patients were examined. The presence of habits (smoking and qatchewing) among patients were recorded.
In this study, we classifythe number of the lost teeth into four categories: the first category with the least number of teeth loss, and the fourth with the highest number of teeth loss. The number of diabetic patients in the first and second categories were more than non-diabetic, whereas the number of non-diabetic patients was more in the third and fourth category.