Effect of periodontal treatment on HbA1c among patients with prediabetes

Evidence is limited regarding whether periodontal treatment improves hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) among people with prediabetes and periodontal disease, and it is unknown whether improvement of metabolic status persists >3 mo. In an exploratory post hoc analysis of the multicenter randomized controlled...

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Main Authors: Kocher, Thomas (Author) , Kim, Ti-Sun (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Journal of dental research
Year: 2018, Volume: 98, Issue: 2, Pages: 171-179
ISSN:1544-0591
DOI:10.1177/0022034518804185
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022034518804185
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Author Notes:T. Kocher, B. Holtfreter, A. Petersmann, P. Eickholz, T. Hoffmann, D. Kaner, T.S. Kim, J. Meyle, U. Schlagenhauf, S. Doering, M. Gravemeier, K. Prior, W. Rathmann, I. Harks, B. Ehmke, and R. Koch
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Summary:Evidence is limited regarding whether periodontal treatment improves hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) among people with prediabetes and periodontal disease, and it is unknown whether improvement of metabolic status persists >3 mo. In an exploratory post hoc analysis of the multicenter randomized controlled trial “Antibiotika und Parodontitis” (Antibiotics and Periodontitis)—a prospective, stratified, double-blind study—we assessed whether nonsurgical periodontal treatment with or without an adjunctive systemic antibiotic treatment affects HbA1c and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels among periodontitis patients with normal HbA1c (≤5.7%, n = 218), prediabetes (5.7% < HbA1c < 6.5%, n = 101), or unknown diabetes (HbA1c ≥ 6.5%, n = 8) over a period of 27.5 mo. Nonsurgical periodontal treatment reduced mean pocket probing depth by >1 mm in both groups. In the normal HbA1c group, HbA1c values remained unchanged at 5.0% (95% CI, 4.9% to 6.1%) during the observation period. Among periodontitis patients with prediabetes, HbA1c decreased from 5.9% (95% CI, 5.9% to 6.0%) to 5.4% (95% CI, 5.3% to 5.5%) at 15.5 mo and increased to 5.6% (95% CI, 5.4% to 5.7%) after 27.5 mo. At 27.5 mo, 46% of periodontitis patients with prediabetes had normal HbA1c levels, whereas 47.9% remained unchanged and 6.3% progressed to diabetes. Median hsCRP values were reduced in the normal HbA1c and prediabetes groups from 1.2 and 1.4 mg/L to 0.7 and 0.7 mg/L, respectively. Nonsurgical periodontal treatment may improve blood glucose values among periodontitis patients with prediabetes (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00707369).
Item Description:Article first published online: October 16, 2018
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ISSN:1544-0591
DOI:10.1177/0022034518804185