title: [Diabetes mellitus and periodontal disease].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This review highlights the relations between diabetes mellitus and periodontal disease, as well as the pathogenic mechanisms which are still the subject of investigations. The possible pathogenic mechanisms important for developing periodontal disease in the diabetics are: vascular gingival changes, the disorders in the metabolism of the collagen, disorders in the function of the polimorphonuclear leukocytes and specific microbial flora in the parodontal pockets.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is clear that adequate early recognition and good treatment are very important and significant for treatment of diabetic periodontal disease.
authors.affiliation: Odeljenje za oralnu medicinu i parodontologiju, Medicinski fakultet, Klinika za stomatologiju, Nis kseci@bankerinter.net
authors.forename: Ljiljana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kesić
authors.forename: Dragan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petrović
authors.forename: Radmila
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Obradović
authors.forename: Jovanka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gasić
authors.forename: Kosta
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Todorović
mesh_terms: D048909:Diabetes Complications; D006801:Humans; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy