title: Update on diabetes mellitus and related oral diseases.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Oral Medicine Department, Eastman Dental Institute, UCL, London, UK. maddelenamanfredi@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manfredi
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: McCullough
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vescovi
authors.forename: Z M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Al-Kaarawi
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Porter
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents