ORAL HEALTH STATUS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES PATIENTS

Diabetes mellitus is common chronic diseases that have been considered to be biologically linked. Diabetes is an important chronic disease globally as reflected in the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring the rate of increase in diabetes prevalence is an epidemic. The WHO estimated there were 30 million people who had diabetes worldwide in 1985. This number increased to 135 million by 1995 and reached 217 million in 2005. By 2030 WHO predicts this number to increase to at least 366 million. This growth in diabetes prevalence driven principally by increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes is occurring in both developing and developed countries.