Detecting diabetes in an elderly dental patient population |
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| Authors: | Roseann Mulligan DDS MS Loren G Lipson MD Sydney G Heaton RDH |
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| Institution: | department of dental medicine and public health, and the Section of Geriatric and Special Patient Dentistry, University of Southern California, School of Dentistry, University Park MC 0641, Los Angela, California 90089–0641.;associate professor of medicine, gerontology, and clinical pharmacy and chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Southern California.;clinical instructor at the University of Southern California School of Dentistry, and is currently in private practice in Carlsbad, California. |
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| Abstract: | The prevalence of both diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes, a disease which has a significant impact on dental care delivery, increases with age. Because of these two factors, the dental practitioner must pay special attention to the detection of diabetes in this age group. This paper describes a study that validates the use of a simple blood test in conjunction with a questionnaire as a method to detect undiagnosed diabetes in an elderly dental patient population. |
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