Abstract
Diabetes mellitus type 2 is a metabolic disease that in recent years has been growing in several regions of the world, being considered a pandemic. Among the complications that occur in this pathology, periodontitis is men-tioned as the sixth most common complication. Diabetes is also the greatest risk factor for developing periodon-titis, increasing the possibility of periodontitis three times in these people, mentioning the concept of bidirectio-nality of the diabetes-periodontitis complex. In the present clinical case, the possibility of use as a support to the periodontal therapy of a natural product obtained from the Peruvian Amazon, which because of its antibacterial property studied, as well as its easy handling and accessible cost, would be a possible option for its use as an adjunct. in non-surgical periodontal therapy in type 2 diabetic patients with periodontitis.
| Translated title of the contribution | Periodontitis in diabetes and copaiba as a coadjuvant of the treatment: Case reports |
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| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 60-66 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Avances en Odontoestomatologia |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2021 |
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