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Study finds over 90 percent of people with gum disease are at risk for diabetes

EurekAlert! - Mon Dec 14, 11:12 am ET

( New York University ) An overwhelming majority of people who have periodontal disease are also at high risk for diabetes and should be screened for diabetes, a New York University nursing-dental research team has found. The researchers also determined that half of those at risk had seen a dentist in the previous year, concluded that dentists should consider offering diabetes screenings in ...