Dentistry 3000 · Published 2026-06-11 · DOI 10.5195/d3000.2026.1378
Issa Hasan Issa, Shatha Hameed Ali, Ali Abbas Hussien, Salah M. Ibrahim, Mustafa Saleh Mohaisen, Mohammed Jaber Hussein, Yasser Haider Rasool
To determine the frequency and types of oral mucosal lesions (OMLs) amongst type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients in Al-Najaf, Iraq. A cross-sectional study was performed with 310 patients (180 females, 130 males; mean age 51.0 ± 13.3 years) diagnosed to have type 2 DM from different specialized centers between September 2024 and March 2025. Ethical approval was granted from the Ethics Committee, College of Dentistry, University of Kufa. The clinical oral examination was performed using WHO diagnostic criteria. The chi-squared test was used as a statistical method with significance set at p < 0.05. The most frequent lesion was unilateral cheilitis (41.9%), followed by leukoplakia (22.6%), aphthous ulcer (16.1%), lichen planus (9.7%), fibroma (6.5%) and oral candidiasis (3.2%). Lesion type was statistically significant associated with age (p=0.040; and sex (p=0.02) with further analysis revealing a predominance of females as well in older than 40 years patients suffering the disease more frequently. Oral mucosal lesions are common among individuals with type 2 DM in Iraq; angular cheilitis was the most common.
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Issa, I., Ali, S., Hussien, A., et al. (2026). Oral Mucosal Lesions in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Dentistry 3000. https://doi.org/10.5195/d3000.2026.1378