Scottsdale revisited: the role of dental practitioners in screening for undiagnosed diabetes and the medical co-management of patients with diabetes or those at risk for diabetes.
Evidence to support a bidirectional relationship between diabetes and periodontal disease has been emerging for more than 15 years. In 1993, Löe proposed that severe peridontitis was the sixth complication of diabetes; in 1996, Taylor and colleagues reported other compelling findings that severe periodontitis at baseline is associated with worsening glycemic control over time in a population-based study of Pima Indians with diabetes who were noninsulin dependent.
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Department of Periodontics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index