{"id":9626,"date":"2019-01-02T19:42:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T17:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latam.patiadiabetes.com\/en\/salud-bucal-la-diabetes-tipo-2\/"},"modified":"2020-12-07T18:14:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T16:14:00","slug":"oral-health-and-type-2-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latam.patiadiabetes.com\/en\/oral-health-and-type-2-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Oral Health and type 2 diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bidirectional association between periodontitis and type 2 diabetes<\/h1>\n
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The recognition of the relationship of periodontal disease to general health, including type 2 diabetes, has revealed new perspectives regarding prevention and treatment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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It may sound strange, but beyond obesity there are other factors that are less well known for risk of type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n

Today I am going to refer to periodontitis as a risk factor for diabetes. And vice versa; because diabetes is also a risk factor for periodontitis.<\/p>\n<\/div>

How can periodontitis and type 2 diabetes be related?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In the article published in Nature “Diabetes mellitus and periodontitis: a tale of two common interrelated diseases”:<\/a><\/p>\n