Lizzett López-Yee¹, Gisela Pineda-García², Betsabé DeLaCruz-Corona¹, Fernanda Araiza-Verduzco^1,

Hyperglycemia is a condition in which an excessive amount of glucose circulate in the blood plasma. This condition could have severe repercussions in the healing processes and exacerbate preexisting and future conditions such as periodontic or vascular related. Therefore, it is vital for the dental professional to know the glycemic indexes of their patients; however, it is not a common practice, in addition, in Mexico it’s not common practice for patients to know their own glycemic rages, this could lead to prolonged bleeding, long healing times and vascular consequences. In this research we evaluated the glycemic indexes of 100 patients with no previous knowledge or suspicious of diabetes or hyperglycemia using two methods of evaluation, glucometer and laboratory test. The result showed that 19% of the patients exhibited diabetic levels of hyperglycemia and didn’t know about it, proving the importance of knowing the patients’ glycemic indexes by any method to assure improved integral treatment dental clinics.

hyperglycemia, diabetes prevalence, preventive dentistry