Ravikanth Manyam

Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Vishnu Dental College, Bhimavaram, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India

Publications

• Original Article   
  Comparison of Glycogen Positive Cells in Oral Smears with Random Blood Sugar Levels of Type 2 Diabetes Patients
  Author(s): Madhusudhan Reddy*, Govindraj Kumar N, Ravikanth Manyam, Swetha P, Naga Supriya A and Sreenivasa Bharath T
  
  Background: Even though much advancement in the medical field, diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (DM) needs an invasive procedure for drawing of blood and estimation of blood sugar levels. The purpose of this study was to analyse the glycogen content in exfoliated cells of oral mucosa as an adjunct in the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. Aim: To assess the number of PAS (Periodic Acid Schiff) positive glycogen containing cells in oral smears and correlating the findings with random blood sugar levels. Subjects and Methods: Smears were taken from buccal mucosa of 60 type II diabetes mellitus patient and 60 healthy individuals. The smears were stained with Periodic Acid Schiff stain. Each smear was screened for 100 random cells and number of PAS positive cells was noted. Based on the staining intensity of the ce.. Read More»