Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, December 4th, 2006
Study 1: Diabetic model shows increased bone response following dental implant that was improved with insulin treatments.
"Diabetes is an increasingly prevalent disease with oral health manifestations. While diabetes clearly has an affect on bone, its impact on the healing of bone associated with dental implants is not completely understood. The purpose of this study was to measure bone response to implants in uncontrolled and insulin-controlled diabetic rats," researchers in the United States report.
M.S. McCracken and colleagues at the University of Alabama...
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