Researchers at Nara Medical University Target Tooth Loss (Evaluation of tooth loss among patients with diabetes mellitus using the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan)

2020 MAR 26 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Researchers detail new data in Dental Diseases and Conditions - Tooth Loss. According to news reporting out of Kashihara, Japan, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Although diabetes mellitus is reported to be related to tooth loss, there is limited population-based evidence for this relationship. We investigated the actual situation of tooth loss by performing a population-based survey using information obtained from the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups (NDB) in Japan.”

Financial support for this research came from Research Fund of Clinical Study for Industrial Accident and Disease.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Nara Medical University, “Medical, dental and pharmacy claims data generated between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2016 were obtained and analysed. Patients with medical and pharmacy claims of diabetes mellitus were allocated to the diabetes mellitus group. Patients with medical claims of acute upper respiratory inflammation, but without claims of diabetes mellitus, were allocated to the control group. The number of claims involving tooth loss, treatment of periodontal disease and visits to medical and dental institutions were obtained from the NDB. Descriptive statistics were used to compare the nature of tooth loss between patients with diabetes mellitus and the control groups. There were 5,248,405 patients in the control group and 1,570,082 patients in the diabetes mellitus group. Patients in the diabetes mellitus group showed a higher level of tooth loss than patients in the control group, among both sexes. Patients with diabetes mellitus tended to lose their posterior teeth at an earlier age than patients in the control group. Moreover, patients in the diabetes mellitus group showed greater tooth loss, regardless of whether or not periodontal disease was treated.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Patients with diabetes mellitus show a higher level of tooth loss than those without diabetes mellitus, based on the results of a population-based survey.”

For more information on this research see: Evaluation of tooth loss among patients with diabetes mellitus using the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan. International Dental Journal, 2020;():. International Dental Journal can be contacted at: F D I World Dental Press LTD, 5 Battery Green Rd, Lowestoft NR32 1 de, Suffolk, England. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; International Dental Journal - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1875-595X)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting T. Noda, Dept. of Public Heath, Health Management and Policy, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan. Additional authors for this research include S. Suzuki, Y. Nishioka, T. Imamura, H. Kamijo and N. Sugihara.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/idj.12561. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Publisher contact information for the International Dental Journal is: F D I World Dental Press LTD, 5 Battery Green Rd, Lowestoft NR32 1 de, Suffolk, England.

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