PECULIARITIES OF FREE RADICAL OXIDATION AND ANTIOXIDANT PROTECTION PARAMETERS OF THE ORAL FLUID IN CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC CATARRHAL GINGIVITIS WITH UNDERLYING DIABETES MELLITUS

The aim: Objective of the research was to study peculiarities of free radical oxidation and antioxidant protection parameters of the oral fluid in children with chronic catarrhal gingivitis with underlying diabetes mellitus. Materials and methods: Oral fluid was examined in 105 children aged 12 including somatically healthy ones with intact periodontium and chronic catarrhal gingivitis, suffering from diabetes mellitus up to 5 years and more than 5 years with chronic catarrhal gingivitis. The parameters of lipid peroxide oxidation (level of diene conjugates, Malone dialdehyde) and antioxidant protection (activity of SOD and catalase, POM, whole protein; ceruloplasmin; НS-groups) of the oral fluid were determined. Results: The results obtained are indicative of available probable difference in the examined parameters among children depending on their general state of health and periodontal tissue condition. The best parameters were found among somatically healthy children with intact periodontium. They deteriorated in children with chronic catarrhal gingivitis available irrespective of their general state of health. They reached the most critical level in children with diabetes mellitus lasting longer than 5 years. Conclusions: The course of chronic catarrhal gingivitis in children, both somatically healthy and those suffering from diabetes mellitus, is associated with increased parameters of lipid peroxide oxidation and decreased enzymatic activity of the antioxidant protection system of the oral fluid. The most considerable changes are found in patients suffering from diabetes mellitus lasting more than 5 years.