Open AccessAssessment of two-way relationship between periodontal disease and gestational diabetes mellitus: A case-control study
Author(s) -
Monika Kalra,
Pradeep Tangade,
Himanshu Punia,
Vipul Gupta,
Hunny Sharma,
Ankita Jain
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.191888
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational diabetes , periodontal examination , bleeding on probing , periodontitis , diabetes mellitus , obstetrics , gingival recession , periodontal disease , logistic regression , pregnancy , dentistry , periodontal probe , gestation , endocrinology , genetics , biology
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is glucose intolerance which begins during pregnancy. Few studies have examined the association between periodontal disease and GDM.