Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of diabetes and periodontal disease in us-CRP, an inflammatory marker in patients with and without acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Subjects and methods A case-control study was conducted in 401 subjects aged between 30 and 75 years, living in Bogotá D.C. (Colombia). Patients arriving at the emergency room of the San Ignacio University Hospital with AMI were included into the case group. The control group was defined as those subjects […]

OBJETIVE: Systematic review of present knowledge about the association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and periodontal disease (PD) with emphasis on their physiopathogenesis. DATA SOURCES: Bibliographic search through MEDLINE and LILACS databases, in the last five years, using the following descriptors: “diabetes mellitus”, “periodontal disease”, and “periodontitis”. SUMMARY OF DATA: Periodontal tissues are the oral structures most affected by DM. DM predisposes to the development of PD, which leads to loss of glycemic control, which emphasizes the importance of the two-way […]