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Evanthia Lalla, DDS, MS, David B. Park, DDS, Panos N. Papapanou, DDS, PhD and Ira B. Lamster, DDS, MMSc

The authors are with the Division of Periodontics, Section of Oral and Diagnostic Sciences, Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery, New York, NY.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Evanthia Lalla, DDS, MS, Division of Periodontics, Section of Oral and Diagnostic Sciences, Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery, 630 W 168th St, PH7E-110, New York, NY 10032 (e-mail: EL94{at}columbia.edu).

Objectives. We explored the association between diabetes mellitus and oral disease in a low-socioeconomic-status urban population.

Methods. Dental records of 150 adults with diabetes and 150 nondiabetic controls from the dental clinic at Columbia University in Northern Manhattan matched by age and gender were studied.

Results. There was a 50% increase in alveolar bone loss in diabetic patients compared with nondiabetic controls. Diabetes, increasing age, male gender, and use of tobacco products had a statistically significant effect on bone loss.

Conclusions. Our findings provide evidence that diabetes is an added risk for oral disease in this low-income, underserved population of Northern Manhattan. Oral disease prevention and treatment programs may need to be part of the standards of continuing care for patients with diabetes

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