Periodontal disease chronic Diabetes in patient

Abstract

A descriptive, cross-sectional observational study was carried out in the stomatological clinic of the Güines municipality, Mayabeque province, from September-2018 to May-2020 to determine the prevalence and severity of chronic periodontitis in patients with Diabetes Mellitus. The study population consisted of 126 patients over 16 who attended the dental clinic with the disease. The information was collected through a spreadsheet prepared for this purpose and processed through a database in electronic format, using descriptive statistics techniques. It was concluded that more than half of the examined population was between 16 and 30 years old (57.1), belonged to the female sex (61.9%), the majority suffered from periodontitis (40.5%), from Type II Diabetes Mellitus (83.3%) with more than 5 years of evolution (76.2%) and little stability in glycemic values ​​(66.7%).