“…Patients with diabetes are prone to developing oral complications such as caries (Bender & Bender 2003, Zhen et al 2010, Sano et al 2011, pulp and periapical pathosis (Bender & Bender 2003, Fouad 2003b, Iwama et al 2006, Segura-Egea et al 2012) and especially periodontal disease (Arrieta-Blanco et al 2003, Fouad 2003b, Balakhonov et al 2006, Iwama et al 2006, Wang et al 2006, Garber et al 2009, Lecka-Czernik 2010, Negrato & Tarzia 2010, Al-Maskari et al 2011, Eldarrat 2011, considered as the sixth most chronic DM complication (Negrato & Tarzia 2010, Al-Maskari et al 2011. Oral infections are reported with higher prevalence and severity in uncontrolled type 1 DM (Bender & Bender 2003).…”