title: [Cariogenic risk assessment in a group of diabetic patients].
abstract: The aim of this study is to bacteriologically investigate the oral environment in patients with diabetes and thereby reveal their influence on the incidence of caries.
  
  
  METHODS
  We compared oral microbial flora between patients with diabetes (n=40) and healthy people (n=38). Cariogenic bacteria were identified according to Dentocult System.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When comparing between patients with diabetes and healthy people, the detected number of cariogenic bacteria in the patients with diabetes were significantly higher than in healthy people.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings suggest that patients with diabetes tend to have a higher risk of dental caries than the control.
authors.affiliation: Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr. T. Popa Iaşi, Facultatea de Medicină Dentară, Catedra Odontologie-Parodontologie.
authors.forename: Iulia Mirela
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Nunchievici
authors.forename: St
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lăcătuşu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003733:Dental Caries Susceptibility; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009911:Oral Hygiene Index; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012463:Saliva / Q000382:microbiology*; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000302:isolation & purification*