Open AccessDiabetes and Periodontitis: A medical perspective
Author(s) -
Monika Sharma,
Radhika Jindal,
Mahmudur Rahman Siddiqui,
Subhash Kumar Wangnoo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of international clinical dental research organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-5357
pISSN - 2231-0754
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0754.176244
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , periodontitis , medicine , diabetes mellitus , dentistry , computer science , artificial intelligence , endocrinology
Diabetes and periodontitis are both chronic inflammatory diseases, which contribute significantly to morbidity and are a major health care burden. There have always been supposed bidirectional links between the two diseases. The exact mechanism of how one affects the other still remains a mystery although various theories are postulated. However, we do know that the treatment of one favorably affects the other