Evaluation of Correlation between Residual Ridge Resorption and Diabetes Mellitus

Devashish S Sawai; Ankur Joshi; Gaurav Mishra; Manawar A Mansoor; Ujjawal Kumar; Ghulam Ahmed Suharwardy

doi:10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_1097_23

Evaluation of Correlation between Residual Ridge Resorption and Diabetes Mellitus

J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2024 Feb;16(Suppl 1):S915-S917. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_1097_23. Epub 2024 Feb 29.

Authors

Devashish S Sawai¹, Ankur Joshi¹, Gaurav Mishra², Manawar A Mansoor³, Ujjawal Kumar⁴, Ghulam Ahmed Suharwardy⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dentistry, Government Doon Medical College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
² Department of Public Health Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Sciences, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
³ Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Department of Conservative and Endodontics, Buddha Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India.
⁵ Reader, Department of Prosthodontics, Sarjug Dental College and Hospital, Darbhanga, Bihar, India.

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the relationship between diabetes mellitus (DM) and the disintegration of the residual alveolar ridge.

Methods and materials: The study sample comprises 144 participants (64 diabetics and 80 controls). Each participant had their orthopantomagram (OPG) taken. Considering the mandibular foreman (MF) and the lower border of mandible in OPGs as landmarks, resorption of residual ridge (RRR) in mandible was evaluated.

Results: The resorption in diabetic study participants was 36.9%, while it was 19.1% in the healthy control study participants. The RRR in the diabetic group was greater than the control group (P = 0.0039).

Conclusion: The resorption of RRR was greater in diabetic patients.

Keywords: Alveolar ridge; diabetes; residual; resorption.