In a new trial, researchers find that normal periodontal therapy doesn’t improve glycemic control for patients with type 2 diabetes. However, our Advisory Board member, Maria Ryan, DDS, PH.D, has a somewhat different take on these results….

Oral Disease TREATMENT Can Help Control High Glycemic Levels San Francisco, CA (June 6, 2008) – Critical links between periodontal (gum) disease and the development of type 2 diabetes, as well as the development and progression of its complications, were reported here today in the first ever symposium presented by …

Maria Emanuel Ryan, DDS, PhD; Oana Carnu, DMD; Angela Kamer, DMD, PhD The pathogenesis of periodontal disease is complex because it reflects a combination of the initiation and maintenance of the chronic inflammatory process by a diverse microbial flora and its numerous bacterial products. The subsequent host response to this infection mediates …