Background: Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by an increase in plasma glucose levels. Dental implants are one of the restorative methods to replace missing teeth. Hence; we assessed the prognosis of dental implants in diabetic patients. Materials & methods: The study aimed of assessing the prognosis of dental implants in diabetic patients. A total of 62 dental patients scheduled to undergo prosthetic rehabilitation for missing mandibular first molars were included in the present study. Age and gender matched 62 healthy controls were also included in the present study. Using standard protocols, placement of dental implants was done under local anesthesia in all the patients. Follow-up records of all the patients were maintained upto a time period of two years. Results: Success rate of dental implants in the diabetic patients was 96.68 percent (60 patients), while the success rate of the dental implants in the healthy controls was 98.39 percent (61 patients). No significant results were obtained while comparing the success of dental implants in diabetic patients and non-diabetic patients. Conclusion: Under controlled conditions, dental implants in diabetic patients have excellent prognosis.
Key words: Diabetic, Dental implants.

Received: 28 December  2018                                  Revised: 10February 2019                             Accepted: 19February 2019
Corresponding author: Dr. Deepak Goyal, Reader, Department of Prosthodontics, Adesh Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Bathinda Punjab, India

This article may be cited as: Goyal D, Balla R, Gupta S, Gupta R. Assessment of Prognosis of Dental Implants in Diabetic and Non-diabetic patients: A Comparative Study. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2019; 5(1):79 -81.