Diabetes Care Journal

A new study published in the journal Diabetes Care has found that people who have gum disease also have a higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Researchers looked at 9,300 U.S. adults over the course of 17 years and found that those who began the study with moderate to severe gum disease had twice the risk of diabetes than those with healthy gums. The study also showed that people with substantial tooth loss had a 70 percent higher diabetes risk. Read more »