title: Dental implants and diabetes: conditions for success.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the success of dental-implant treatment in patients with diabetes.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Dental-implant treatment is an efficient means of replacing lost teeth. However, diabetes can be considered a relative contraindication for this type of treatment because of the slightly higher failure rate compared with populations without diabetes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prerequisite selection of suitable diabetic patients, eradication of co-morbidities (poor oral hygiene, cigarette-smoking, periodontitis), stabilization of glycaemic control (HbA(1c) at around 7%) and preventative measures against infection can increase the success of dental implantation in diabetic patients to a satisfactory rate of 85-95%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Implant surgery is never a matter of urgency; thus, diabetes patients with the best chances of success should be conjointly selected and prepared by both dental and diabetes clinicians.
authors.affiliation: Service deNutrition, Maladies Métaboliques et Endocrinologie, CHU de la Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille, France. france.marchand@ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marchand
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raskin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dionnes-Hornes
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Valéro
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vialettes
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D015921:Dental Implants; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016348:Osseointegration; D018579:Patient Selection; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000150:complications; D016388:Tooth Loss; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D015921:Dental Implants; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin