The effect of intensive oral hygiene care on gingivitis and periodontal destruction in type 2 diabetic patients.
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to investigate the effects of oral hygiene care by oral professionals on periodontal health in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.


METHODS
Diabetic participants were recruited at a university hospital and matched at a 1:1 ratio by age and gender, and randomly allocated into intervention (40 people) and control groups (35 people). Tooth brushing instruction, oral health education, and supra-gingival scaling were implemented in all patients at baseline. This program was repeatedly conducted in intervention patients every month for 6 months, and twice at baseline and the sixth month in the control. Oral health was measured by decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT), plaque index, calculus index, bleeding index, patient hygiene performance (PHP) index, tooth mobility, Russel's periodontal index, and community periodontal index (CPI). Diabetes-related factors, oral and general health behaviors, and sociodemographic factors were interviewed as other confounding factors. An analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used with SPSS for Windows 14.0.


RESULTS
At baseline, there were no significant differences between the two groups in average of periodontal health (calculus index, bleeding index, Russel's periodontal index, CPI, and tooth mobility), diabetes-related factors (fasting blood glucose, postprandial blood glucose, and HbA1c), and in distribution of sociodemographic factors and health behaviors. In intervention group, plaque index, dental calculus index, bleeding index, and PHP index were reduced fairly and steadily from the baseline. There were significant differences in plaque index, dental calculus index, bleeding index, PHP index, and Russel's periodontal index between the two groups at sixth month after adjusted for baseline status.


CONCLUSIONS
Intensive oral hygiene care can persistently improve oral inflammation status and could slow periodontal deterioration.
Lee
Hee-Kyung
HK
Department of Dentistry, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea.
Choi
Sang-Hee
SH
Won
Kyu Chang
KC
Merchant
Anwar T
AT
Song
Keun-Bae
KB
Jeong
Seong-Hwa
SH
Lee
Sung-Kook
SK
Choi
Youn-Hee
YH
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003774:Dental Plaque Index; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; D005260:Female; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009910:Oral Hygiene / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods*; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*