Purpose: To detect the frequency of TNF alpha gene in patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus with chronic periodontitis, periodontitis without any systemic diseases and healthy controls.
Methods: The case series were consisted of 112 patients with moderate, severe type 2 diabetes mellitus with chronic periodontitis, 99 patients with moderate, severe periodontitis without any systemic disease, 50 age- and gender-matched subjects with healthy periodontal conditions were enrolled. Clinical parameters were measured and recorded including probing depth(PD), clinical attachment loss(CAL), bleeding index(BI), and tooth movement(TM). The polymorphism of TNF-α-308 genotype (TNF1/2) was examined after electrophoresis on agarose gel and ethidium bromide staining. The difference between the case and healthy groups was analysed by Chi-square test, the difference in clinical index among groups which had different allele was analyzed for ANOVA with SPSS13.0 software package.
Results: We divided DM and CP groups into moderate and severe groups. There were significant difference between severe DM group and severe, moderate CP group, moderate DM group and chronic periodontitis of severe,moderate group. The probing depth and clinical attachment loss of the patients who took TNF-α-308 allele II were significantly higher than the patients who took TNF-α-308 allele I in DM and CP group.
Conclusions: TNF-α-308 allele II might increase the susceptivity of periodontitis in population. TNF-α-308 allele II may play an important role in synergistic reaction of periodontitis and type 2 diabetes.