title: Dental caries prevalence among type II diabetic and nondiabetic adults attending a hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common chronic metabolic disorder which affects millions of people. At present, India has the highest incidence of diabetes worldwide. Several oral lesions and conditions are associated with diabetes. However, there is a lack of consensus among researchers regarding the relationship between DM and dental caries. Hence, the present study was carried out to assess the dental caries prevalence among type II diabetic and nondiabetic adults attending a hospital in Ahmedabad city.
  
  
  METHODS
  A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted. One hundred and twenty diabetics individuals attending the diabetic Outpatient Department (OPD) and age and sex-matched 120 nondiabetic individuals from general OPD were included in the study. The data were gathered through semi-close-ended questionnaire and clinical examination. Dental caries was assessed by using the World Health Organization's 2013 proforma. Data was analyzed by applying Student's independentt-test or one-way analysis of variance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Dental caries prevalence among the diabetic group was 73.33% and 33.33% among the nondiabetic group. Dental caries prevalence and mean dental caries was significantly higher among uncontrolled diabetic individuals than that among controlled diabetic individuals. Duration of the disease and dental caries prevalence did not show any significant difference.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dental caries prevalence was significantly high among diabetic individuals compared with nondiabetic individuals. Close collaboration between the patients, healthcare units, and oral health professionals could be a way of improving diabetic patients' general and oral health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, AMC Dental College and Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Ekta A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Malvania
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, AMC Dental College and Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Sona A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Sheth
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, AMC Dental College and Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Ashish S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, AMC Dental College and Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Saloni
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mansuri
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, AMC Dental College and Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Faizan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, AMC Dental College and Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Saloni
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sahani
keywords: Dental caries; diabetes; oral health