Icdas Score Comparison in Diabetic Vs Non Diabetic Patients Among South Indian Population

Abstract

AIM: The aim of this study was to compare the ICDAS score in diabetic vs non diabetic patients.

BACKGROUND: Dental caries is a complex multifactorial disease of the calcified tissues of the teeth, caused by interaction of various factors including the host, agent, substrate and time as demonstrated by the Keyes circle. Detecting carious lesions at the earliest possible stage of its development is definitely helpful in appropriate treatment planning for the same. The lack of consistency among the contemporary criteria systems for detecting carious lesions limits the comparability of outcomes measured in epidemiological and clinical studies. Therefore, the ICDAS criteria was developed by an international team of caries researchers to integrate several new criteria systems into one standard system for caries detection and assessment. It is a clinical scoring system for use in dental education, clinical practice, research, and epidemiology, and provides a framework to support and enable personalized total caries management for improved long-term health outcomes. This study aims to compare the ICDAS score in diabetic vs non diabetic patients.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted using patient records from Saveetha Dental College, Chennai after reviewing and analysing the data of 74092 patients between June 2019 and March 2021. Microsoft Excel® was used to tabulate the data. The variables involved were gender, age group and factors associated with ridge augmentation and graft materials used. Data was then exported to the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)  for  Windows  (Version  19,  2010)  for  further analysis.

RESULTS: The sample size was 778 subjects. From the results obtained, we can observe that About 41.61% were Males and 58.39% were females. Association of risk assessment in ICDAS scoring between diabetic and non diabetic population revealed that diabetic patients were more in high risk category compared to non diabetic population. association in ICDAS scoring between diabetic and non diabetic population also revealed that diabetic patients were more in severe category.

CONCLUSION: Within the limitations of the given study, we can conclude that diabetic patients had more ICDAS scores as well as more prone to poor oral health compared to non diabetic patients.