Efficacy of oral exfoliative cytology in diabetes mellitus patients: a light microscopic and confocal microscopic study

Gopal D 1 , Malathi N 2 , Reddy BT 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Pathology, Penang International Dental College, Penang, Malaysia, Phone: 0104651261, e-mail: [email protected]
  • 2 Department of Oral Pathology, Sri Ramachandra University, Chenai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • 3 Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Penang International Dental College, Penang, Malaysia
J Contemp Dent Pract, 2015 Mar;16(3):215-21.
PMID: 26057921

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) has become a global problem. By monitoring the health status of these individuals, diabetic complications can be prevented. We aimed to analyze alterations in the morphology and cytomorphometry of buccal epithelial cells of type 2 DM patients using oral exfoliative cytology technique and determine its importance in public health screening, diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes mellitus.

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