Comparison of the inflammatory states of serum and gingival crevicular fluid in periodontitis patients with or without type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Unlabelled: There is a two-way relationship between periodontitis and type 2 diabetes mellitus. This study aimed to compare the inflammatory states in serum and gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) in periodontitis patients with or without type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and healthy subjects.

Materials And Methods: 20 subjects were systematic and periodontal healthy (H group), 40 subjects were with periodontitis (CP group), and other 40 were with periodontitis and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DC group).

The Effects of Initial Periodontal Therapy on the Serum Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-κβ Ligand/Osteoprotegerin System in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Periodontitis.

Background: The aim of the present study is to evaluate the serum receptor activator of nuclear factor-κβ ligand (RANKL)/osteoprotegerin (OPG) system in patients with chronic periodontitis (CP) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its changes after periodontal intervention.

Methods: Thirty-five patients with CP + T2DM, 35 systemically healthy patients with CP, and 35 healthy controls were enrolled, and serum levels of RANKL and OPG were measured at baseline. Then the CP + T2DM group was divided into a well-controlled subgroup and a poorly controlled subgroup according to their hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and initial periodontal therapy was performed.

[Effects of dental health awareness and behaviours on the glycemic metabolic characteristics and periodontal disease of patients with type 2 diabetic].

Objective: To analyze the effects of dental health awareness and behaviours on the relationship between glycemic metabolic characteristics and periodontal disease of type 2 diabetic patients.

Methods: In the study, 83 subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus were recruited. The clinical periodontal indexes, such as pocket probing depth (PPD), attachment loss (AL), modified bleeding index (mBI), plaque index (PLI) were obtained with a Williams type periodontal probe; Laboratory examinations including glycosylated haemoglobin A1(HbA1C) were made, glucose assay tested, and the structured questionnaire interview conducted evaluationg the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) about periodontal health.

[Effect of periodontal therapy on metabolic control and serum biochemical markers in subjects with type 2 diabetes and chronic periodontitis].

Objective: To investigate the effect of periodontal therapy on periodontal clinical index, metabolic control and serum biochemical markers in subjects with type 2 diabetes and chronic periodontitis comprehensively.

Methods: Forty patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic periodontitis were enrolled, and periodontal clinical parameters, HbA1c, fasting blood glucose (FBG) and serum biochemical markers were tested at baseline and 3 months after initial periodontal therapy.

Results: The periodontal clinical parameters (PLI, BI,PD,CAL and BOP) improved significantly 3 months after initial periodontal therapy (P<0.

[Pregnancy by a man with severe oligospermia after vasectomy: a case report].

Objective: To analyze the risk of pregnancy in the woman whose husband has severe oligospermia after vasectomy.

Methods: A woman was found pregnant, whose husband, a 35-year-old man, had received vasectomy two years before. Two seminal examinations at the interval of 7 days showed the total number of motile sperm to be 0.