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Dental management of patients with diabetes mellitus
J A Levin1, B C Muzyka, M Glick
1University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.
Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995)
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
It is estimated that a total of 16 million Americans are suffering fro m diabetes mellitus (DM). Dental health-care providers are involved in screening for this disease, as well as treating numerous patients with DM. As do all medically complex patients, individuals with DM pose a challenge for dental providers. This article describes the pathogenesis and physiology of DM and recommends guidelines for dental care.