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California Dental Insurance, Using Blood From Periodontal Disease to Screen for Diabetes.

01/12/14 11:34 AM

An NYU nursing-dental research team has found, that oral blood samples drawn from deep pockets of periodontal inflammation can be used to measure hemoglobin A1c.  Hemoglobin A1c blood glucose measures from oral blood compare well to those from finger-stick blood, the researchers say. The findings are from a study funded by an NYU CTSI grant awarded to the research team last year.

 

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