Periodontal health status of patients attending Diabetic Clinic at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.

dc.contributor.author	Ngakinya, N M
dc.contributor.author	Ngotho, B N
dc.contributor.author	Kariuki, H N
dc.contributor.author	Kaimenyi Jacob T.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-04-29T10:13:05Z
dc.date.available	2013-04-29T10:13:05Z
dc.date.issued	1997
dc.identifier.citation	Indian J Dent Res. 1997 Oct-Dec;8(4):105-10	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9586523
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/17616
dc.description.abstract	The periodontal health status of diabetic patients and the association between periodontal disease and treatment mode, age and duration of diabetes were investigated in 86 dentulous men and women aged between 20 years and 69 years. 43 were diabetics regularly controlled at Kenyatta National Hospital Diabetic Clinic and 43 were non-diabetics attending medical outpatient clinic at the same hospital for minor ailments. Diabetic patients were found to have significant severer levels of periodontal disease than the non-diabetics. The difference persisted with increasing age. No correlation was found between treatment mode and duration of diabetes on one hand and the severity of periodontal disease on the other.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.title	Periodontal health status of patients attending Diabetic Clinic at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	Kenyatta National Hospital,	en
local.publisher	Dental School, University of Nairobi, Kenya	en