Patients with diabetes should try to maintain good diabetes control as they are: • at greater risk of developing serious periodontitis and• less likely to benefit from periodontal treatment if the diabetes is not well controlled
Clinical Recommendation
🏴 England • Public Health England (PHE)
Recommendation Statement
Patients with diabetes should try to maintain good diabetes control as they are: • at greater risk of developing serious periodontitis and• less likely to benefit from periodontal treatment if the diabetes is not well controlled
Patients with diabetes should try to maintain good diabetes control as they are
at greater risk of developing serious periodontitis and• less likely to benefit from periodontal treatment if the diabetes is not well controlled
Clinical Topics
Keywords
Assessment and Care Planning
References
Department of Health and Social Care (2021). General. Patton LL, et al. The effectiveness of community-based visual screening and utility of adjunctive diagnostic aids. J Am Dent Assoc. 2003;134(4):424-429.; Brocklehurst P, et al. Screening programmes for the early detection and prevention of oral cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013;(11):CD004150.; Walsh T, et al. Clinical assessment to screen for the detection of oral cavity cancer and potentially malignant disorders. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013;(11):CD010173.
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