Diabetic Patient in the Chair for Implant Surgery

Nikhil Mistry; Kenneth Kufta; Mel Mupparapu; Neeraj Panchal

doi:10.1016/j.cden.2023.02.033

Diabetic Patient in the Chair for Implant Surgery

Dent Clin North Am. 2023 Jul;67(3):515-517. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2023.02.033. Epub 2023 Apr 5.

Authors

Nikhil Mistry¹, Kenneth Kufta¹, Mel Mupparapu², Neeraj Panchal³

Affiliations

¹ Nikhil Mistry and Kenneth Kufa are Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
² Penn Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: mmd@upenn.edu.
³ Penn Dental Medicine, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and Philadelphia VA Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

PMID: 37244729
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2023.02.033

Abstract

Although dental treatment in a patient with well-controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus is uncomplicated, hypoglycemia is one of the most dreaded complications among diabetics and remains as one of the leading causes of endocrine medical emergencies. Identification and prompt treatment is important to all dental practitioners. This scenario goes into the diagnosis and management of medication-induced hypoglycemia.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus; Hemoglobin A1C; Hyperlipidemia; Hypertension; Hypoglycemia; Insulin.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Dentists
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / complications
Humans
Hypoglycemia* / chemically induced
Hypoglycemia* / diagnosis
Professional Role