June 10, 2008
New Free Online Newsletter Specifically For Your Dentist & Physician
We recently introduced a free online newsletter that provides dental and medical professionals with summaries of recent scientific research that confirms the two-way link between diabetes and periodontal disease. The newsletter, titled Informed, also provides clinical insights for each group of medical professionals about these co-occurring diseases. It’s available online.
You may want to let your physician and dentist know of this new free resource that contains important diabetes information to help them address your unique oral health care needs.
We’re using this doctor-to-doctor approach to initiate the cross-disciplinary awareness and dialogue that must occur for both dentists and physicians to address the burgeoning diabetes epidemic and its periodontal complications. Dentists will find background on diabetes and physicians will find information about the two-way linkages with periodontal disease, which are mainly centered on the inflammation response cascade. We have been careful to document the information through recent research published in reputable scientific journals.
The first issue contains an article that familiarizes dentists with the nature of the diabetes epidemic, now estimated at nearly 21 million Americans. Pointing out that most dentists will treat more patients who have diabetes, the article summarizes the course of the disease and its periodontal implications. The article also identifies when it is appropriate to refer a patient to a physician, and suggests a medical-dental partnership to fully address the comorbidities.
The initial issue also contains an article that describes for physicians the nature of diabetes-related periodontal diseases and their implications for medical professionals. It reports that normalizing a patient’s glycemic levels may significantly reduce the severity and extent of periodontal disease.
This information will also be appropriate for allied professionals in both disciplines, including physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, dental technicians and other assistants.
We also recently introduced a free online newsletter for people who have diabetes, addressing their unique oral health care needs due to the connections between diabetes and gum disease. That newsletter is available at the same address.
Is there a secret enemy fighting your efforts to manage your diabetes? For more diabetes information, get your free five-lesson mini-course on diabetes and your teeth at DentistryForDiabetics.com.
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