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Salivary and Serum Glucose Levels in Diabetes Mellitus Patients versus Control - A Randomised Control Trial.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exploring Saliva as a Sample for Non-Invasive Glycemic Monitoring in Diabetes: A Scoping Review.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus on the prevalence of apical periodontitis in endodontically treated and untreated teeth.Journal of medicine and life · 2024Article
- Correlational analysis between salivary and blood glucose levels in individuals with and without diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2024Article
- Oral Findings, Salivary Copper, Magnesium, and Leptin in Type II Diabetic Patients in Relation to OralInternational journal of microbiology · 2024Article
- Dipole moment as the underlying mechanism for enhancing the immobilization of glucose oxidase by ferrocene-chitosan for superior specificity non-invasive glucose sensing.Nanoscale advances · 2023Article
- Obtaining a Reliable Diagnostic Biomarker for Diabetes Mellitus by Standardizing Salivary Glucose Measurements.Biomolecules · 2022Article
- Profile of cardiovascular disease risk in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients receiving statin therapy: A cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Efficacy of nonsurgical periodontal therapy affecting salivary biomarkers in non-diabetic and type 2 diabetic periodontitis patients. An observational study.Journal of oral biology and craniofacial researchArticle
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Abstract
Oral fluids provide a readily available and non-invasive medium for the diagnosis of a wide range of diseases and clinical situations. Diabetes mellitus is a common chronic metabolic disorder that affects millions of people. Our objective was to compare the salivary and serum glucose levels in patients with diabetes mellitus and healthy individuals. Two ml of unstimulated whole saliva was collected by the spitting method. Also, 2 ml of the patient's intravenous blood was obtained from the forearm's median cephalic vein. Both the samples were centrifuged at 2000 rpm for 2-3 minutes. Ten μl of both saliva and serum were taken out and added to glucose reagent. These were kept in a temperature-controlled water bath at 37°C for 10 minutes. The color change was noted, and the optical density was measured in a semi-auto analyzer. The presence of glucose was detected in both groups; however, the levels were raised in people with diabetes compared to healthy individuals. The present study indicated a substantial increase in salivary and serum glucose levels in diabetic patients compared to healthy controls. The concentration of glucose in saliva increases with the increase in serum glucose concentration.
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