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Dental Caries and Diabetes MellitusEL. supports the results of this study, also having lowcalcium value in diabetics that is mean of salivarycalcium in diabetic was 2.93mg/dl and in non-diabetic3.44mg/dl. In contrast to this, another study shows thatthere is no significant difference of calcium in salivabetween the two groups. 17-19The findings of the present study suggest thatbeside the clinical examinations, the determination ofthe possible alterations in the composition of wholesaliva might also be helpful in understanding theincreased severity of dental caries in diabetic patients.An increase in dental caries in permanent teethwas observed among diabetics. DFT in diabetic patientswas 2.49 where as in control group DFT was 0.53. Onemore study shows that diabetics have higher DMFTvalues as compared to the control group children 5 .REFERENCES1 National diabetes educational program. Oral health and Diabetes.Available from, www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes.2 Aren G et al. Periodontal health, salivary status and metaboliccontrol in children with type1 diabetes mellitus. J Periodontal.2003; 74:1789-95.3 WHO/International diabetes federation. Launch of diabetesaction now. 5th May 2004, Geneva, Switzerland.4 Herenia P Lawrence. Salivary Markers of Systemic Disease:Non invasive Diagnosis and Monitoring of General Health. JCan Dent Assoc 2002; 68:170-74.5 Lopez M E et al. A. Salivary characteristics of diabetic children:Brazilian Dental Journal. June 2003:14:1.6 Vernillo A T. Dental consideration for the treatment ofpatients with diabetes mellitus. Journal of American DentalAssociation 2003; 134:24S-33S.7 Ben-Aryeh H, Cohen M, Kanter Y, Szargel R, Laufer D.Salivary composition in diabetic patients. J Diabet Complications1988;2: 96–99.8 Belazi MA, Galli-Tsinopoulou A, Drakoulakos D, Fleva A,Papanayiotou PH. Salivary alterations in insulin-dependentdiabetes mellitus. Int J Paediatr Dent 1998; 8: 29–33.9 Twetman S et al. Two-year longitudinal observations ofsalivary status and dental caries in children withinsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Pediatr Dent 1992;14:184–88.10 Tenovuo J et al. Oral health of patients with insulindependentdiabetes mellitus. Scand J Dent Res 1986; 94:338–46.11 Darwazeh AMG et al. Mixed salivary glucose levels andcandidal carriage in patients with diabetes mellitus. J OralPathol Med 1991; 20: 280–83.12 Camp Bell MJA. Glucose in the saliva of the non diabetic andthe diabetic patient .Archive of Oral Biology 1965; 10:197-205.13 Kjellman O. The presence of glucose in gingival exudates andresting saliva of subjects with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus.Swede Dent J 1970; 63: 11–19.14 Thorstensson H et al. Some salivary factors in insulin-dependentdiabetics. Acta Odontol Scand 1989; 47: 175–83.15 Hara K et al. Carbohydrate components of the gingivalexudates. J Periodontal Res 1969; 4: 202–07.16 Karjalainen KM et al. Salivary factors in children and adolescentswith insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Pied Dent1996; 18:306-11.17 Twetman S et al. Mutans streptococci and lactobacilli in salivafrom children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. OralMicrobiol Immunol 1989; 4:165–68.18 Marchisio O, Esposito MR, Genovesi A. Salivary pH level andbacterial plaque evaluation in orthodontic patients treatedwith Recaldent products. Int J Dent Hyg. 2010 Aug;8(3):232-3619 Jawed M, Shahid SM, Qader SA, Azhar A. Dental Carries indiabetes mellitus: Role of Salivary flow rate & minerals. JDiabetes Complications 2010;25(3):183-86.Pakistan Oral & Dental Journal Vol 31, No. 1 (June 2011)63