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Random plasma glucose values measured in community dental practices: findings from the dental practice-based research network

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for The DPBRN Collaborative Group, Barasch, Andrei, Gilbert, Gregg H., Spurlock, Noel, Funkhouser, Ellen, Persson, Lise-Lotte, Safford, Monika M.·2013·Clinical Oral Investigations
DOI 10.1007/s00784-012-0825-yPMC PMC3509225
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This study aimed to examine feasibility of testing and frequency of abnormal plasma glucose among dental patients in The Dental Practice-Based Research Network. Eligible dental patients were ≥19 years old and had at least one American Diabetes Association-defined risk factor for diabetes mellitus or an existing diagnosis of diabetes or pre-diabetes. Random (fasting not required) plasma glucose was measured in standardized fashion using a commercial glucometer. Readings <70 or >300 mg/dl triggered re-testing. Patients with glucose ≥126 mg/dl were referred for medical follow-up. Of 498 subjects in 28 dental practices, 491 (98 %) consented and 418 (85.1 %) qualified for testing. Fifty-one patients (12.2 %) had diabetes; 24 (5.7 %) had pre-diabetes. Glucose ranged from 50 to 465 mg/dl. One hundred twenty-nine subjects (31 %) had readings outside the normal range; of these, 28 (6.7 %) had readings <80 mg/dl and 101 (24.2 %) had readings ≥126 mg/dl; in nine patients (seven with diabetes), glucose was >200 mg/dl. A significant proportion of patients tested had abnormal blood glucose. Routine glucose testing in dental practice of populations at risk or diagnosed with diabetes may be beneficial and community dental practices hold promise as settings for diabetes and pre-diabetes screening and monitoring. Results suggest that implementation of glucose measurement in dental practice may provide important clinical and health information for both patients and practitioners.

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  • It was in part to grow these networks' reputation that several articles were duplicated and republished in other newspapers after their initial publication.

    “It was in part to grow these networks' reputation that several articles were duplicated and republished in other newspapers after their initial publication [35,36].”

    From Dental Practice-Based Research Networks (D-PBRN) worldwide: a scoping review. (2021) · cites this paper as [35]

    The Methods section describes a dental practice-based research network and its glucose-testing study; it does not address newspapers or the network’s reputation. Searches for duplicated or republished articles and for newspaper republication found no relevant passage in our copy (page numbers unavailable). (LLM, conf=0.78)

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Authors
for The DPBRN Collaborative Group, Barasch, A., Gilbert, G. H., Spurlock, N., Funkhouser, E., Persson, L.-L., & Safford, M. M.
Affiliations
  • Winthrop-University Hospital (US)
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
Corresponding author
Barasch, Andrei
ORCID
Venue
Clinical Oral Investigations
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2012-08-18
Volume
17
Issue
5
Pages
1383-1388
ISSN
  • 1432-6981 (ISSN-L)
  • 1436-3771
DOI
10.1007/s00784-012-0825-y
PMC
PMC3509225
OpenAlex
W2077508696
Semantic Scholar
d528b084021fdc40387bb0f787ed8b4f0329f8d5
Cited by
39
References
23
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 3
FWCI
1.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Clinical Oral Investigations (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Alabama
  • National Institutes of Health (5p60dk079626-05)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P60-DK-079626)
  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (U01-DE-16746, U01DE016746, U19-DE-22516, U01‐DE‐16747, U01DE016747, U19DE022516)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
Keywords
random blood glucose, diabetes mellitus, prediabetes, diabetes screening, dental patients, community dental practice, diabetes risk factors, blood glucose monitoring, dental practice-based research network, diabetes monitoring
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Analysis of Variance, Blood Glucose, Community Dentistry, Dental Health Services, Diabetes Mellitus, Feasibility Studies, Female, Humans, Hyperglycemia, Male, Mass Screening, Middle Aged, Prediabetic State, Sweden, United States, Chi-Square Distribution, Logistic Models, Community-Based Participatory Research, Young Adult

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