Repurposing Metformin for periodontal disease management as a form of oral-systemic preventive medicine

Abstract Background Despite the improvements in treatment over the last decades, periodontal disease (PD) affects millions of people around the world and the only treatment available is based on controlling microbial load. Diabetes is known to increase the risk of PD establishment and progression, a...

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Main Authors: Vitor C. M. Neves, Luciana Satie Okajima, Eyad Elbahtety, Susan Joseph, James Daly, Athul Menon, Di Fan, Ayste Volkyte, Giuseppe Mainas, Kathy Fung, Pawan Dhami, Andre A. Pelegrine, Paul Sharpe, Luigi Nibali, Mark Ide
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-10-01
Series:Journal of Translational Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-023-04456-1