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Special orthodontic treatment considerations needed for patients with diabetes

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, March 24th, 2003

Patients with diabetes need special monitoring for oral disease during orthodontic treatment.

According to recent research from Belgium, "Diabetes mellitus (DM) is diagnosed in 3% to 4% of the population. This metabolic disorder is characterized by hyperglycemia caused by the body's deficient management of insulin. Two main types of DM exist: type 1 is a total deficiency in insulin secretion, and type 2 is a combination of resistance to insulin action and inadequate compensatory insulin secretion."

"Diagnosis and monitoring of DM is based on blood glucose concentration or glycosylated hemoglobin concentration," said Luc Bensch and colleagues at...

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