Oral Manifestations of Diabetes Mellitus

It is well-known that diabetes might affect oral and dental tissues resulting in the periodontal disease, increased caries incidence, neuropathy of the oral tissues, hyposalivation and temporomandibular joint disturbances. However, sometimes the results of various studies are contradictory. Pubmed was searched in the last 10 years in order to find out published data upon diabetes and oral manifestations with key words: diabetes, hyposalivation, xerostomia and oral manifestations and 17 studies were included. The results showed that definitely periodontal disease and hyposalivation are the hallmark of diabetic manifestations in the oral cavity. Therefore, every dentist has to bear diabetes mellitus in the mind when encounters patient with periodontal disease and/or hyposalivation.