DIABETES MELLITUS AND PERIODONTAL HEALTH.

      Аннотация: Diabetes mellitus represents one of the major chronic health problems facing the world today. It is a metabolic disorder affecting approximately 4% of the world population and almost half of those being unaware of its existence in them. Thus, it is a systemic disorder with severe major complications affecting both the quality and length of life. In India, the prevalence rate of Diabetes Mellitus is 9% (urban) and 3% (rural)of the total population. Taking urban and rural population distribution of 70:30, India has 40 million diabetics, the largest number of diabetics in one country. A very high unknown-to-known diabetes ratio i.e. 1.8:1 in urban areas and 3.3:1 in rural areas has been reported

Ключевые слова: Diabetes mellitus, multi-factorial disease, Variations, COMPLICATIONS, Periodontitis