Association between dental scaling and metabolic syndrome and lifestyle.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Periodontal disease is a risk factor for diabetes and metabolic syndrome, and non-surgical periodontal treatment has been shown to help maintain stable blood sugar in diabetic patients. Determining the level of preventive scaling in patients with metabolic syndrome will help manage the disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which people with metabolic syndrome or bad lifestyle performed scaling and the association between preventive scaling and metabolic syndrome or lifestyle in a large population.

Methods

This study was conducted on adults aged 20 years or older from January 2014 to December 2017 in the National Health Insurance System (NHIS) database. Among 558,067 people who underwent health checkups, 555,929 people were included. A to

SUBMITTER: Lee T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10994476 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature