Description
Diabetes and prediabetes are prevalent in US and have a bidirectional relationship with periodontitis. Consequently, an integrated health care system facilitating referrals to appropriate health care providers could improve health outcomes. We estimate that (2.8 M) people with unmanaged HbA1C levels in the US could be referred by dental providers to medical providers for further evaluation, and (17.7 M) of adults with periodontitis could be referred by medical providers to dental providers for further evaluation.
Learning Objective: -Gain insight on how risk reduction for unmanaged HbA1c and periodontitis among U.S popualtion attributed to medical and dental providers referral.
-Learn the relationship between diabetes/ prediabetes and periodontits in terms of diases prevention and managment
-Recognize factors related to diabetes and prediabetes in U.S popualtion
Authors:
Munder Ben-Omran (Presenter)
NIH
Paul Fontelo, NIH
Gabriela Lopez Mitnik, NIH
Darien Weatherspoon, NIH
Bruce Dye, NIH
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