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Minerals in the blood: How periodontitis, diabetes may interrupt homeostasis
SourceAmerican Dental AssociationTier 1Hard News
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Why it matters for dental
Periodontists and general dentists managing diabetic patients may need to consider how coexisting periodontitis and Type 2 diabetes can alter serum mineral levels, potentially affecting patient monitoring and interdisciplinary care coordination.
Key points
- A cross-sectional study in Clinical Oral Investigations used atomic absorption spectrometry to measure chromium, magnesium, and nickel in blood samples from 74 participants divided into periodontitis-only, periodontitis-plus-controlled-diabetes, periodontitis-plus-uncontrolled-diabetes, and periodontally healthy non-diabetic groups.
- Participants with periodontitis alone showed lower serum chromium than controls, while participants with both periodontitis and either controlled or uncontrolled Type 2 diabetes showed lower levels of both serum chromium and serum magnesium.
- Serum chromium, magnesium, and nickel levels correlated with clinical parameters of periodontitis and with hemoglobin A1c values across all groups.
- No statistically significant differences in serum nickel levels were found between any of the patient groups.
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