Diabetes and Periodontal Disease

How is diabetes, or prediabetes, related to periodontal (gum) diseases? One of the main risk factors for the development of periodontal disease is diabetes.   We now know that individuals with type II diabetes are three times more likely to develop periodontal disease.   Conversely, results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and its follow-up studies suggest that non-diabetic…