Assessment of diabetic status in denture stomatitis and angular cheilitis patients in a university hospital setting-a retrospective analysis

Abstract

Denture stomatitis and angular cheilitis is a form of oral candidiasis. It is a common opportunistic infection in diabetic patients. Presence of denture in the oral cavity of diabetic patients can increase the incidence of denture stomatitis and angular cheilitis. The aim of our study was to assess the diabetic status among the patients with denture stomatitis and angular cheilitis. This study is a Retrospective study conducted in a University hospital setting. The study population consists of 99 patients with denture stomatitis and angular cheilitis who had reported to the department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Chennai, India. The data regarding the age, gender, diabetic status and clinical presentation of the patients were retrieved from patients records and analysed. The data with a total 86000 patients records between June2019 to March 2020 were taken and after fulfillment of inclusion and exclusion criteria, a final sample of 99 patients were considered.The data were tabulated and analysed by SPSS software and statistics done using Chi Square test with significance kept at p<0.05. Prevalence of diabetic patients was found to be 15.1% among the study population. The prevalence of diabetic patients with Denture stomatitis was 11.1% and angular cheilitis was 4%. Lesser number of patients with denture stomatitis and angular cheilitis were found to be diabetic Chi square p value-0.095(p>0.05). It was observed that prevalence of diabetic patients was found to be very less among the study population and no significant association was seen between diabetes and candida related lesions such as denture stoma-titis and angular cheilitis.