Review Article

Prevalence of Oral Mucosal Disorders in Diabetes Mellitus Patients Compared with a Control Group

Table 4

Distribution of oral mucosal disorders in DM patients and controls.

Guggenheimer et al., 2000 [20]Saini et al., 2010 [21]Bastos et al., 2011 [22]Mohsin et al., 2014 [23]
CasesControlsCasesControlsCasesControlsCasesControls
(%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)

Subjects with one or more oral disorders180 (44.4)
67 (25)189 (45)
161 (38.3)129 (88)
50 (45)225 (60.8)
145 (39.2)
Angular cheilitis 13 (3.2)3 (1.1)10 (2.4)
3 (0.7)22 (15)10 (9)
Aphthous stomatitis6 (1.5)8 (3.0)5 (1.2)3 (0.7)
Atrophy of tongue papillae 36 (8.9)
6 (2.2)4 (2.7)0 (0)
Pseudomembranous candidiasis 2 (0.5)1 (0.4)
Denture stomatitis19 (4.7)
4 (1.5)45 (10.7)
26 (6.2)
Epulis fissuratum3 (0.7)0 (0.0)
Fissured tongue22 (5.4)
1 (0.4)114 (27.1)112 (26.7)26 (17,8)
4 (3.6)63 (15.9)
40 (9.9)
Fistulous tract4 (1.0)1 (0.4)
Gingival hyperplasia7 (1.7)4 (1.15)
Herpes labialis1 (0.2)2 (0.7)
Inflammatory papillary hyperplasia3 (0.7)0 (0.0)
Fibroma10 (2.5)
1 (0.4)5 (1.2)5 (1.2)
Lichen planus 2 (0.5)2 (0.7)2 (0.5)0 (0)9 (6.1)
0 (0)7 (1.8)4 (1)
Median rhomboid glossitis29 (7.2)
1 (0.4)4 (1)5 (1.2)
Geographic tongue22 (5.4)9 (3.4)17 (4)
4 (1)8 (5,4)
1 (0,9)5 (1.3)4 (1)
Papilloma1 (0.2)1 (0.4)
Traumatic ulcer14 (3.5)
3 (1.1)8 (1.9)2 (0.5)
Frictional keratosis10 (2.4)14 (3.3)
Coated tongue42 (28,7)
9 (8.1)106 (26.8)
32 (7.9)
Varices30 (20,5)
6 (5.4)
Melanin pigmentation12 (8,2)
2 (1,8)60 (15.2)45 (11.1)
Leukoedema8 (5.4)2 (1.8)
Actinic cheilitis37 (25.3)
6 (5.4)
Leukoplakia6 (2.7)1 (1.8)14 (3.5)12 (3)
Nicotinic stomatitis3 (2)
2 (1.8)
Oral submucous fibrosis8 (2)12 (3)
Linea alba31 (7.1)
12 (3)
Fordyce granules9 (2.3)0 (0)