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Periodontal disease and systemic health--diabetes
Jeffery J Pucher1, Joan Otomo-Corgel
1Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health System, CA, USA.
Journal of the California Dental Association
|May 15, 2002
Abstract:
This article discusses the biologic basis of periodontal disease and diabetes mellitus. Following is a consideration of the possibility of a link between diabetes and periodontal disease. Mounting evidence suggests that there is, indeed, a connection between periodontal disease and diabetes.