Objectives: A study was made of the effect of nonsurgical periodontal treatment upon blood glucose control in type 2 diabetics with periodontal disease.
Study design: A pre-post repeated measures analytical design was used, with a PubMed search of the related articles published up until December 2008.
Results: The improvement in glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) after nonsurgical periodontal treatment on comparing the baseline (8.0290+/-1.5539) and final values (7.7806+/-1.5636) was 0.2483+/-0.1171, and proved statistically significant (p=0.042).
Conclusions: A decrease in HbA1c was observed after treatment, thus indicating improved blood glucose control in type 2 diabetics with periodontal disease.