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The current study aimed to study the effect of high blood pressure on the squamous cells lining the mouth for the cheek area. The results showed that there were many changes in the shape of the cells and the infiltration of inflammatory cells. Which concludes that high pressure affects the composition of cells and thus affects oral health, previous studies indicated a relationship between gum disease and high blood pressure. We can know gum disease as a condition known as periodontitis. Specifically, people with gum disease are 20 percent less likely to reach normal blood pressure levels than healthy patients Oral. The researchers stated that patients with periodontal disease may need to have their blood pressure monitored closely, while those diagnosed with hypertension, or persistently high blood pressure, may benefit from a referral to a dentist.

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Background & Aim: Diabetes because of its numerous complications has an extensive effect on patients' quality of life. This study was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between metabolic control indexes and quality of life of patients with type II diabetes in Shahroud-Iran. Material & Methods: It was a descriptive-correlational study. A total of 156 patients with type II diabetes were recruited by convenience sampling in 2013. Data was collected by diabetes-specific quality of life questionnaire. Indexes of metabolic control (hemoglobin A1C, fasting and non-fasting blood glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol, LDL and HDL) were also controlled. Data was analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and chisquare tests using SPSS-PC (v.16). Results: In this study the mean score of quality of life was 164.53±63.21 and the mean score of HgA1C was 8.65±1.55. A significant relationship was found between quality of life and all indicators except LDL (p<0.05). There was no significant relationship between the mental aspect of quality of life and triglycerides (p=0.06), cholesterol (p=0.06) and LDL cholesterol (p=0.13) indexes and also social aspect of quality of life and cholesterol (p=0.07) and LDL (p=0.09) indexes. Conclusion: According to the findings, better control of metabolic indexes is associated with higher quality of life. Accordingly, approaches to control metabolic indexes would lead to improvements in different dimensions of quality of life in patients with diabetes.