Rol del odontólogo en la detección temprana de condiciones asociadas con el riesgo de prediabetes

Abstract

Objectives: To identify the role of the dentist in the early detection of conditions associated with the risk of prediabetes in patients attending dental clinics St. Thomas University. Materials and Methods: An observational, cross-sectional. It consisted of 1100 patients attending the Dental Clinics: comprehensive clinical adult II, III, IV and clinical elderly, Faculty of Dentistry, University Santo Tomas Floridablanca headquarters during the second period of 2014. Results: 60, 5% of the population were women, the age of highest turnout was 20-31 years with 34.5%, the most prevalent breed is white with 91.4%. The 46.91% of patients involved in the study were overweight were 43 patients (53.1%) without sedentary, total 28 patients showed no family history of prediabetes 34.6%, your blood pressure ranged from 125 / 67 and 135/66, this occurred in 23 patients (28.39%), 66 patients reported not to consume cigarette (81.4%). 78 patients (96.2%) indicated that their wounds heal easily, on the frequency of presenting constant thirst, 59 patients indicate no present thirst. Conclusions: overweight and sedentary lifestyle, which have a family history, and values lower blood pressure and are also consumers of snuff: cases of patients with prediabetes and also have the following risk factors were found. Patients who presented the status of prediabetes according to the characteristics associated with risk factors showed abnormal glucose levels, suggesting a possible relationship because of their life cycle or circadian. 12 patients had abnormal blood glucose levels, aged between 23 and 75 years, with 6 men and 6 women were found.