SummaryAim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of oral health education and non-surgical periodontal therapy on the quality of life for a group of patients with type I diabetes mellitus, in Iasi, Romania.Materials and Method: The study was conducted on 21 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus which also presented a form of periodontitis. We examined: the degree of glycaemic control (by measuring the glycated haemoglobin), the periodontal and oral hygiene parameters at the baseline and after 4 weeks, 6 months and 12 months after the periodontal treatment which consisted in scaling and root planing. The patients also filled an OHIP-14 questionnaire at baseline and 6 month after the periodontal therapy to assess the quality of life.Results and Discussion: We observed a rapid recurrence of the deep periodontal pockets after 12 months in subjects with poor glycaemic control. At baseline, the highest scores for the OHIP-14 were in the sub-domains of pain, discomfort on chewing and self-consciousness.Conclusions: The prolonged poor control of glycaemia is closely related with its complications. The periodontal therapy improved (lower values) the domain codes and final score of the OHIP-14 questionnaire, proving that periodontal health has an impact on the diabetic patients’ quality of life.

SummaryBackground: The periodontal probing has an important role in clinical examination of the periodontal status; different types of periodontal probes have been described. The aim of this investigation was to evaluate comparatively the efficiency of periodontal probing with conventional periodontal probe and electronic periodontal probe.Material and Methods: We examined 57 patients, each patient being subjected to conventional and electronic probing. We assessed the tolerance degree for each probing type and also the time consumed by probing and periodontal charting.Results: The periodontal probing with the electronic probe revealed superior results regarding the accuracy of the measurements, the tolerance level and the time consumed.Conclusions: The electronic periodontal probing is an exceptionally accurate method in establishing diagnosis and assessing treatment results. The electronic periodontal probe represents an efficient and useful tool for measurements of the gingival sulcus and periodontal pockets, and also for determination of the periodontal risk.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the periodontal status parameters in patients treated with chemotherapy, with or without the adjuvant bevacizumab, to establish a correlation between the type of administered chemotherapy and periodontal status.