Treatment of gum disease may lower blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 20:10
in Health & Medicine
A study to be published in the latest issue of The Cochrane Library and led by researchers at the University of Edinburgh and supported by colleagues at the Peninsula Dental School, the University of Ottawa and UCL Eastman Dental Institute, suggests that the treatment of serious gum (periodontal) disease in diabetics with Type 2 diabetes may lower their blood sugar levels.