Periodontal

A study has found evidence that pregnant women with periodontal (gum) disease have an increased risk of developing gestational diabetes than pregnant women with healthy gums.

This week’s new tool is all about dental health and diabetes. Brian L. Mealey DDS, MS Department of Periodontics University of Texas San Antonio has written an opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Obesity on the relationship of Diabetes mellitus and inflammatory periodontal diseases. Click here to read what he has …

Saliva may be a marker for both periodontal disease activity and hyperglycemia in uncontrolled type 2 diabetes, according to new research.

54 Million Americans have pre-diabetes and according to a new study, periodontal disease can be a possible cause.

A new study appears to suggest that treating periodontal disease can improve endothelial dysfunction, with investigators showing that aggressively treating periodontal disease, a potential source of low-grade inflammation, results in a long-term improvement in vascular function.

Periodontal destruction can start very early in life in diabetes and becomes more prominent as children become adolescents.

Periodontitis — an infection of the gums that destroys the tissue and bone supporting the teeth — is associated with the development of kidney disease and end-state renal disease (ESRD) in patients with type 2 diabetes, doctors report.

Periodontitis predicts development of overt nephropathy and ESRD in individuals with type 2 diabetes.

Patients with Type 2 diabetes and periodontal disease who receive periodontal therapy see levels of oxidative stress, a condition in which antioxidant levels are lower than normal, reduced to the same levels as nondiabetic patients.

Nearly one out of two women with gestational diabetes also have periodontal disease.