Linkage Between Periodontal Disease and Diabetes Mellitus

Palle Holmstrup, Allan Flyvbjerg

3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The past decades have significantly widened the perspectives of the chronic oral infectious disease known as periodontitis. The disease is regarded as a bacterial infection resulting in low-grade inflammation of the periodontal tissues, and both the associated release of pro-inflammatory mediators and the presence of bacteria in the periodontal pockets, which, as the result of daily procedures, may spread after penetration of the vasculature, are possible mediators of systemic consequences. This chapter deals with the possible association between periodontitis and diabetes mellitus which is believed to possess in a two-way interrelationship.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOral Infections and General Health : From Molecule to Chairside
EditorsAnne Marie Lynge Pedersen
Number of pages9
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
PublisherSpringer
Publication date1 Jan 2015
Edition1
Pages35-44
Chapter4
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-25089-2
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-25091-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2015

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