Diabetes in the context of dental treatment in an interdisciplinary approach

CABON, Julia, PEJAS, Julia, ZAWILSKA, Anna & TRZCIONKA, Agata. Diabetes in the context of dental treatment in an interdisciplinary approach. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2023;13(5):38-45. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2023.13.05.005 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/42694 https://zenodo.org/record/7705037 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of December 21, 2021. No. 32343. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 21 grudnia 2021 r. Lp. 32343. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe: Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2023; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 21.02.2023. Revised: 22.02.2023. Accepted: 04.03.2023. Published: 07.03.2023. Diabetes in the context of dental treatment in an interdisciplinary approach Julia Cabon1, Julia Pejas1, Anna Zawilska2, Agata Trzcionka2 1 - Scientific Association at the Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics of the Medical University of Katowice, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Supervisor: dr Anna Zawilska, MD, PhD in Medicine 2 - Chair and Department of Conservative Dentistry with Endodontics, Medical University of Katowice, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Head of Department: prof. dr hab. med. Marta Tanasiewicz, MD, PhD Abstract Introduction: Diabetes, including its numerous complications, is one of fundamental challenges of modern medicine. Over the years, many types of this disease have been appointed, differing in both etiological background and method of treatment. Dentists, when providing dental care to a patient burdened with diabetes, should pay special attention to the first symptoms reported by the patient as well as manifested in the oral cavity and surrounding tissues, e.g. in the form of xerostomia, hypertrophy of the salivary glands, changes on mucous membranes, impeded healing, or difficulties in combating local inflammation and infections, as well as in the form of physiological microflora disorders. Aim of the study: The aim of the study is to emphasize the need for controlling diabetes for the sake of general and oral health. Materials and methods: Our work is mainly based on the articles published in PubMed, websites or medical books. We were looking for keywords such as ‘diabetes’, ‘dental treatment’, ‘symptoms of diabetes’ or ‘oral cavity diseases’. Results: Diabetes is often manifested by changes in the oral cavity, as evidenced by numerous scientific studies presented in the bibliography. Controlling the disease helps to eliminate lowering quality-of-life general symptoms and oral lesions. Conclusions: Faced with the challenges of modern medicine, the dentist is obliged to inform the patient about the diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities of both diabetes itself and its symptoms occurring in the oral cavity and then take all steps to ensure that the patient's condition is stabilised. Key words: diabetes; oral cavity diseases; diagnostics; dental treatment; symptoms of diabetes