title: Occurrence of oral leukoplakia and lichen planus in diabetes mellitus.
abstract: The occurrence of oral leukoplakia and lichen planus in 1600 patients with diabetes mellitus (815 type 1: insulin-dependent, 761 type 2: non-insulin-dependent)-under care at the International Medicine Department-was studied. Precancerous lesions and conditions were diagnosed and grouped according to internationally accepted criteria. The prevalence of oral leukoplakia in diabetic patients was 6.2%, as compared to 2.2% in the healthy controls, that of oral lichen was 1.0% in the test-, and 0.0% in the control group. Leukoplakia and lichen both showed the highest occurrence in the second year of established diabetes, and their prevalence was higher among insulin-treated diabetics. Smokers were more often affected, by both kind of lesions, oral lichen showed a more frequent association with candidiasis. The prevalence of oral leukoplakia and lichen in diabetes mellitus patients was higher, than average ratios in population samples from the same country.
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Albrecht
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bánóczy
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dinya
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tamás
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000453:epidemiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008010:Lichen Planus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology