PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Tadahiro Harase AU - Wataru Nishida AU - Tomohiro Hamakawa AU - Satoshi Hino AU - Kenji Shigematsu AU - Satoru Kobayashi AU - Hirofumi Sako AU - Shirou Ito AU - Hajime Murakami AU - Kei Nishida AU - Hiroshi Inoue AU - Masahito Fujisawa AU - Hiroshi Yoshizu AU - Ryoichi Kawamura AU - Yasunori Takata AU - Hiroshi Onuma AU - Keita Shimizu AU - Hiroyuki Hamakawa AU - Haruhiko Osawa TI - Clinical implication of blood glucose monitoring in general dental offices: the Ehime Dental Diabetes Study AID - 10.1136/bmjdrc-2015-000151 DP - 2015 Nov 01 TA - BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care PG - e000151 VI - 3 IP - 1 4099 - http://drc.bmj.com/content/3/1/e000151.short 4100 - http://drc.bmj.com/content/3/1/e000151.full SO - BMJ Open Diab Res Care2015 Nov 01; 3 AB - Objective We examined whether general dentists can contribute to the detection of patients with undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes by monitoring blood glucose in dental clinics.Research design and methods A total of 716 patients who visited clinics for dental treatment were enrolled and classified into 3 groups (mild, moderate, and severe) according to Kornman's criteria for periodontitis. The correlations between the casual blood glucose level, presence or absence of the history of diabetes, and/or severity of periodontitis were evaluated.Results 68 patients (9.5%) had hyperglycemia (blood glucose ≥200 mg/dL). Of these patients, 20 (29.4%) did not have a history of diabetes. Blood glucose tended to be higher with greater periodontitis severity. Of the 3 groups, the severe periodontitis group had the highest proportion of patients with hyperglycemia (p<0.0001).Conclusions Patients with dental problems could be screened for diabetes, especially undiagnosed diabetes. General dentists could function as practitioners to screen for diabetes.Trial registration number UMIN-CTR 000014877.