Tatiana de Bedout is a senior dental student at the IU School of Dentistry where she will begin her periodontal residency in the fall. Prior to beginning dental school, she earned a Master of Science degree in biology during which she investigated the presence of a genetic marker in Mexican patients with type 2 diabetes.
Dental professionals should be well-versed in the relationship between periodontal diseases and diabetes so they can better serve patients with this common metabolic condition.