Association of type 2 diabetes with periodontitis and tooth loss in patients undergoing hemodialysis.

Risako MikamiKoji MizutaniYusuke MatsuyamaTomohito GohdaHiromichi GotohNorio AoyamaTakanori MatsuuraDaisuke KidoKohei TakedaNatsumi SaitoTakeo FujiwaraYuichi IzumiTakanori Iwata

Published in: PloS one (2022)

T2D was significantly associated with periodontitis and the number of missing teeth in hemodialysis patients. Moreover, it is first documented that poor glycemic control, as determined by glycoalbumin levels, was significantly associated with the number of missing teeth in hemodialysis patients with T2D.

Keyphrases

glycemic control
type diabetes
patients undergoing
peritoneal dialysis
end stage renal disease
blood glucose
chronic kidney disease
weight loss
insulin resistance
cone beam computed tomography
adipose tissue