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Link between diabetes mellitus and periodontal disease

Both diabetes mellitus and periodontal disease are chronicle diseases. Periodontal diseases occur in tissues supporting the teeth to the jaws. It is a chronic inflammatory disease. The causes for periodontal disease are inflammatory host response, gram-negative bacterial infections and asymptomatic response. It is one of the reasons for oral cavity disorders which affect huge number of population (Matthews, 2005).

Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disease, and includes a group of metabolic disorders characterized by elevated glucose levels in blood accompanied by long-term complications. Type I diabetes mellitus is probably due to destruction of ...