Oral changes in Diabetes – a review

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease affecting all age groups and one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Many chronic macrovascular and microvascular complications of diabetes have been reported in the literature with few reports on diabetes and associated various oral soft tissue abnormalities. In this review, the known correlations between oral disease and diabetes mellitus are highlighted with the aims to increase the awareness of oral changes, complications of diabetes mellitus and to emphasize on need of studies to control these complications. It treats in depth some of the complications such as periodontal disease, fungal infection and salivary dysfunction.