Magister Chirurgiae Dentium - MChD (Oral Medicine and Periodontics)

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    The association of periodontal disease with metabolic control in type 1 diabetic adolescents
    (University of Western Cape, 2020) Abdelrahman, Mohamed; Jeftha, Anthea; Conradie-Smit, Marli
    Chronic inflammation of the periodontium is known as periodontal disease. The inflammation can be contained only within gingival connective tissue or can progress, leading to the loss of gingival connective tissue and alveolar bone. Lately, periodontal disease is considered as a co-morbidity of diabetes mellitus (Polak, Sanui et al., 2020). Though studies that have assessed the relationship of periodontal status with the glycemic control in type 1 diabetes mellitus adolescents, such studies have not been conducted in South Africa.
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    The comparison of periodontal health status and metabolic control in diabetic children and adolescents at Tygerberg hospital
    (University of Western Cape, 2021) Scholtz-Evans, Lèzaan; Jeftha, Anthea
    Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a well-known risk factor for Periodontal disease. Research has established that the prevalence of Periodontal disease is directly related to the glycaemic control of DM in adults and only a few research studies explore this prevalence in diabetic children and adolescents in South Africa. The aim of this study is to determine the periodontal health status of diabetic patients which include children and adolescents attending the Paediatric Diabetic Clinic at Tygerberg Hospital and compare periodontal status with diabetic control. cross-sectional study was employed to determine periodontal status and data relating to the HbA1c% level, the type and duration of DM, the body mass index (BMI) percentile, age, sex, and puberty and treatment regimens were collected from patient records and entered into data collection sheets.