eng Science and Education Publishing International Journal of Dental Sciences and Research 2333-1259 2024-01-29 12 1 9 12 10.12691/ijdsr-12-1-2 IJDSR20241212 article Lizzett L¨®pez-Yee 1 Gisela Pineda-Garc¨ªa 2 Betsab¨¦ DeLaCruz-Corona 2 Fernanda Araiza-Verduzco maria.araiza18@uabc.edu.mx 2 Faculty of Dentistry, Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), Tijuana, Mexico Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), Tijuana, Mexico 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. https://pubs.sciepub.com/ijdsr/12/1/2/ijdsr-12-1-2.pdf hyperglycemia diabetes prevalence preventive dentistry