title: Diabetes and periodontal therapy.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Pihlstrom is professor emeritus, Department of Surgical and Developmental Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He was director of the extramural division of clinical research at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research from 2002 through 2007. He is a former associate editor of Journal of Clinical Periodontology and currently is the associate editor for research of The Journal of the American Dental Association, as well as an independent oral health research consultant.
authors.forename: Bruce L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Pihlstrom
authors.affiliation: Dr. Buse is the Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor; chief, Division of Endocrinology; director, Diabetes Care Center; and the executive associate dean for clinical research, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is past president for medicine and science of the American Diabetes Association and former chair of the National Diabetes Education Program, a joint effort of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has had key roles in numerous multicenter clinical trials, including two major NIH-sponsored trials: Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD), for which he served as study vice-chair, and Studies to Treat or Prevent Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes (STOPP-TD2). He also is former associate editor of the American Diabetes Association journals Clinical Diabetes and Diabetes Care.
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Buse
mesh_terms: D012534:Dental Scaling; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000628:therapy*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016745:Root Planing; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin