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The Outcomes of the Dental Patients’ Screening for Diabetes Mellitus

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The aim of our research was to study the results of diabetes mellitus (DM) screening in dental patients in a dental clinic. Two models of DM screening during a routine dental examination in a dental clinic were evaluated in the study. The first screening model was the questioning of the participants (N = 216) for DM risk assessment followed by the referral of the patients with DM risk to their physicians for diagnostic. The second screening model included the same questioning of 441 periodontal patients with and without hyperglycemia history, identifying the patients at high and very high DM risk for the immediate glucose measuring in gingival crevicular blood (GCB) using a self-monitoring device. Glucose levels of GCB and finger stick blood (FSB) were measured in 15 patients with DM. The patients with glucose level in GCB ≥ 7.8 mmol/l were referred to their physicians for a diagnosis. The patients' compliance with the referrals and the physicians' feedback were assessed. The proportions (%), 95% Confidence Intervals (CI), mean values with standard error (M±m), and Pearson correlation coefficient (r) were calculated. Chi-square test was used to assess the differences at p-value 0.05. According to the first screening model about 30% of dental patients were identified as having high risk of DM development. The compliance of DM-risk patients with the referrals to their physicians was less than 50%. The hyperglycemia was diagnosed in 24.2% (95% CI 9.5-18.6%) patients who were referred to the physicians. The second screening model revealed 33.3% (95% CI 29.1-37.9%) periodontal patients being at high DM risk. The increased GCB glucose levels were found in 38.1% (95% CI 30.6-46.2%) of them. The correlation between glucose levels in GCB and FSB was high (r = 0.879, p<0.0001). The patients with the increased glucose level in GCB were referred to their physicians and all of them followed the recommendations. The hyperglycemia (associated with prediabetes or DM) was diagnosed in 67.9% (95% CI 54.8-78.6%) of the referred patients. Also, the GCB glucose test revealed poor glycemic control in every second diabetic patient. So, both studied screening models are feasible for identification of dental patients with high risk of DM development. However, questioning of periodontal patients followed by glucose measuring in GCB using glucometer significantly increased the patients' compliance with the referrals to the physicians and elevated the rate of hyperglycemia diagnosing. The second screening model helps not only to identify hyperglycemia among dental patients with no diabetes history but also to control glycemia in DM patients. Clinical article (J Int Dent Med Res 2020; 13(3): 1071-1080)
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