PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Harase, Tadahiro
AU  - Nishida, Wataru
AU  - Hamakawa, Tomohiro
AU  - Hino, Satoshi
AU  - Shigematsu, Kenji
AU  - Kobayashi, Satoru
AU  - Sako, Hirofumi
AU  - Ito, Shirou
AU  - Murakami, Hajime
AU  - Nishida, Kei
AU  - Inoue, Hiroshi
AU  - Fujisawa, Masahito
AU  - Yoshizu, Hiroshi
AU  - Kawamura, Ryoichi
AU  - Takata, Yasunori
AU  - Onuma, Hiroshi
AU  - Shimizu, Keita
AU  - Hamakawa, Hiroyuki
AU  - Osawa, Haruhiko
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.