A retrospective review was performed on 257 patients with oral infections in our department from December 1977 through November 1992, and the patients with and without diabetes mellitus were compared.
Diabetes mellitus was found in 29 (24.1%) of 257 infected patients. Among the patients with basal disease (62 cases), the patients with diabetes mellitus (29 cases) were most frequent (46.8%) .
The mean period of hospitalization was longer in patients with diabetes mellitus than in non diabetes mellitus patients.
There were no significant differrences in the incidence of orofacial infectious disease between patients with and those without diabetes mellitus.
After incision and drainage, the time until the normalization of WBC and the decrease of the level of CRP was longer in patients with than in those without diabetes mellitus.
The mean period of hospitalization was longer in diabetes mellitus patients with a low level of blood sugar than in those with a high level of blood sugar.
