Update on diabetes mellitus and related oral diseases.
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of complex multisystem metabolic disorders characterized by a relative or absolute insufficiency of insulin secretion and/or concomitant resistance to the metabolic action of insulin on target tissues. The chronic hyperglycaemia of diabetes is associated with long-term systemic dysfunction. The present article summarizes current knowledge of DM and details the oral and dental implications of this common endocrine disorder.
Manfredi
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Oral Medicine Department, Eastman Dental Institute, UCL, London, UK. maddelenamanfredi@hotmail.com
McCullough
M J
MJ
Vescovi
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Al-Kaarawi
Z M
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Porter
S R
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D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000209:etiology
D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents