Resumen
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.
Título traducido de la contribución | Periodontitis in diabetes and copaiba as a coadjuvant of the treatment: Case reports |
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Idioma original | Español |
Páginas (desde-hasta) | 60-66 |
Número de páginas | 7 |
Publicación | Avances en Odontoestomatologia |
Volumen | 37 |
N.º | 2 |
DOI | |
Estado | Publicada - 2021 |
Nota bibliográfica
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Palabras clave
- Diabetes mellitus type 2
- Natural products
- Periodontitis
- Treatment