Diabetes and periodontal disease

• Main Authors: Rajkumar Daniel (Author), Subramanium Gokulanathan (Author), Natarajan Shanmugasundaram (Author), Mahalingam Lakshmigandhan (Author), Thangavelu Kavin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Diabetes mellitus is a systemic disease characterized by increased blood glucose levels and abnormalities of lipid metabolism due to absence or decreased level of insulin. It affects all the body organs and their functions either directly or indirectly. Every dentist should have a basic understandin...