Main description:

Diabetes Mellitus: Impact on Bone, Dental and Musculoskeletal Health focuses on the under recognized and managed conditions associated with diabetes, including impacts on bone health, dental health, hand, and foot disorders, wounds, infections, and musculoskeletal disorders. A full understanding of the relationship of diabetes to skeletal disorders remains elusive and many physicians who deal with such issues are unclear about causes and management. While the macro- and microvascular complications associated with diabetes mellitus are well known, complications associated with bone, dental and musculoskeletal health are not.

Endocrinologists, primary care physicians, geriatricians, podiatrists, dentists, and researchers interested in diabetes mellitus associated bone, dental and musculoskeletal disorders will find this to be a comprehensive tome on the topic.

Contents:

1. Diabetes mellitus and its many complications

Section I: Impact on bone health 2. Diabetes mellitus: How being too sweet leads to skeletal fragility 3. Mechanisms of skeletal fragility in diabetes mellitus 4. Impact of glucose-lowering medications on bone health in diabetes 5. The combined impact of diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease on mineral metabolism and bone fragility 6. Diabetes mellitus-Infections and fracture healing

Section II: Impact on dental health 7. Diabetes mellitus-Dental implants and periodontal disease 8. Diabetes mellitus and its association with infection and osteonecrosis of the jaw

Section III: Impact on musculoskeletal health 9. Diabetes mellitus and sarcopenia 10. Diabetes mellitus: Impact on common hand disorders 11. Musculoskeletal disorders associated with diabetes 12. Neuropathic arthropathy (Charcot joint) 13. Diabetes mellitus and muscle infarction 14. Diabetes mellitus and osteoarthritis 15. Diabetes mellitus and gout