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Apical Periodontitis and Diabetes Mellitus Type 2: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Pérez-Losada, Flor de Liz; Estrugo-Devesa, Albert; Castellanos-Cosano, Lissett; Segura-Egea, Juan José; López-López, José; Velasco-Ortega, Eugenio is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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Objective: Investigate if there is an association between apical periodontitis and diabetes mellitus. Material and methods: A bibliographic search was performed on Medline/PubMed, Scopus and Cochrane databases using the keywords apical periodontitis and diabetes mellitus. Published papers written in English and performed on animals or humans were included. Meta-analysis was performed using the OpenMeta (analyst) tool for the statistical analysis. The variables analyzed were the prevalence of Apical Periodontitis (AP) among teeth and patients with Diabetes Mellitus (DM). Results: Of the total studies found, only 21 met the inclusion criteria. Ten clinical studies on animals, ten studies on humans and a systematic review were included. Meta-analysis shows that the prevalence of teeth with apical periodontitis among patients with diabetes mellitus has an odds ratio of 1.166 corresponding to 507 teeth with AP + DM and 534 teeth with AP without DM. The prevalence of patients with AP and DM shows an odds ratio of 1.552 where 91 patients had AP + DM and 582 patients AP without DM. Conclusion: Scientific evidence suggests that there could be a common physiopathological factor between apica
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- Author
- Pérez-Losada, Flor de Liz; Estrugo-Devesa, Albert; Castellanos-Cosano, Lissett; Segura-Egea, Juan José; López-López, José; Velasco-Ortega, Eugenio
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) (ISSN 2077-0383)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)