title: Evaluation of oral mucosal epithelium in diabetic male patients by exfoliative cytology method.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The goal of present study is to examine comparatively the epithelium of oral mucosa in persons with diabetes types I and II and the healthy persons by cytomorphometric method.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cytology smear was prepared from oral mucosa epithelium in 24 persons with diabetes and 30 healthy persons were stained by papanicolao method. Its before, from patients were requested acquiring written. The quantitative cytomorphometric characteristics were measured in each group by motic plus 2 software. Also, the qualitative evaluation of cytology slides are performed in three groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were decrease in the nuclear and cytoplasmic size, (P < 0.001) and increase in the ratio of nuclear to cytoplasm size in buccal mucosal areas (P = 0.001) and tongue (P = 0.011) of diabetic persons compared to the healthy persons. There was no significantly statistical difference in diabetic persons types I and II in buccal mucosal area (P = 0.15) and tongue (P = 0.86) in quantitative characteristics of cytomoerphometry. In nuclear and cytoplasm size, there was a significant statistical difference in persons with diabetes type I and persons of control I and persons with diabetes type II and persons of control II in buccal mucosa and the tongue (P < 0.001). Bilobed or multi-lobed nuleous, karyorrhexis and vacuolization of cytoplasm were more in diabetic persons compared to the healthy ones (P < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diabetes are effective in creating some quantitative and qualitative cytometric alterations in the oral mucosa but the type of diabetes doesn't seem to be effective on these changes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Babol Dental University, Babol, Iran.
authors.forename: Safoura
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seifi
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology, Babol Medical University, Babol, Iran.
authors.forename: Farideh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Feizi
authors.affiliation: Department of endocrinology, Babol Medical University, Babol, Iran.
authors.forename: Zoleikhah
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Moazzezi
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Babol Dental University, Babol, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mehdizadeh
authors.affiliation: Dentist, Babol, Iran.
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zamani
keywords: Cytomorphomerry; Diabetes mellitus; Oral exfoliative cytology