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1. Bago I, Bošnjak A. Relationship of HbA1c Level and Smoking to Periodontal Status in Insulin-Dependent Diabetic Patients. Acta Stomatol Croat. 2006;40(3):248-55.
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   Title in English:	Relationship of HbA1c Level and Smoking to Periodontal Status in Insulin-Dependent Diabetic Patients
   Title in Croatian:	Odnos razine glikoliziranoga hemoglobina (HbA1c) i pušenja prema parodontalnom statusu pacijenata s dijabetesom melitusom ovisnih o inzulinu
   Type of Article:	original scientific paper
   MeSH:	PERIODONTITIS DIABETES MELLITUS TOBACCO USE DISORDER
   Abstract:	Objective of work. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of diabetes mellitus (DM) duration and HbA1c level on periodontal status of patients with insulin- dependent DM, as well as the combined effect of smoking and HbA1c level on periodontal status. Subjects were randomly selected from the patients with insulindependent DM that are treated at the Department of Endocrinology in the hospital “Sveti Duh”. Data was gathered by means of an interview, clinical periodontal investigation and patients’ charts from the department. Sites with probing depth of 5 mm and greater were selected as sites with periodontitis. By means of Poisson regression model a relative risk with 95% confi dence interval was computed, corrected for age of the subjects. Relative risk for attachment loss in smokers was 12.805, and for probing depth in smokers 7.99. Relative risk of the HbA1c level > 8.5 in smokers was 10.681 (p = 0.002), and 8.214 (p = 0.006) for HbA1c level ≤ 8.5. Relative risk for attachment loss in nonsmokers was 4.891 (p = 0.031). It was concluded that insulin-dependent smokers with poor glycemic control have the greatest risk for development and progression of periodontal disease.

2. Dukić W, Filipović-Zore I, Bago I. Condensing Osteitis – Case Report. Acta Stomatol Croat. 2006;40(2):182-8.
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   Title in English:	Condensing Osteitis – Case Report
   Title in Croatian:	Kondenzirajući ostitis - prikaz slučaja
   Type of Article:	case report
   MeSH:	OSTEITIS INFECTION DENTAL PULP JAW
   Abstract:	Condensing osteitis is pathologic growth of the maxillomandibular bones, characterized by mild clinical symptoms. Bone thickening refl ects impaired bone rearrangement in response to the mild infection of dental pulp. This case report describes a patient with extreme bone thickening localized in the left maxilla causing facial asymmetry. Clinical and radiological examination failed to point to defi nitive diagnosis. On differential diagnosis, all bone tissue tumors, cementoma and condensing osteitis with prolonged unsuccessful conservative endodontic treatment of the upper fi rst molar, were considered. A surgical procedure in local anesthesia was preformed in order to remove the pathologically altered bone mass and to extract the tooth that could not have been treated successfully. Histopathologic analysis confi rmed the infl ammatory etiology of the bone lesion. Clinical and radiological follow-up indicated complete healing of the area, with appropriate density and trabeculation of the bone. This case presents as an extreme example of condensing osteitis with major bone lesion, caused by a mild tooth infection.