Structural and functional salivary disorders in type 2 diabetic patients.

Unlabelled: Diabetes mellitus type 2 is the most common metabolic disorder and it causes an important morbimortality. The structural modifications in the parotid gland (sialosis) had already been described in these patients and could result in variations in the salivary composition, as well as an increase in periodontal and dental pathology.

Objectives: To compare the biochemical findings in the saliva and to correlate these biochemical disturbances with the morphologic findings previously described.