Genetic Tests to Help Predict Gum Disease

The University of Michigan will be conducting one of the largest clinical studies using genetic testing to assess the risk of gum disease.
This study will be a way to use genetic testing to personalise dental treatment plans and the frequency of dental care visits. The study will examine 15 years of patient clinical outcome data and will then recruit at least 4,000 of those patients. The genetic information will be combined with smoking and diabetes and then tooth survival rates will be measured to see how those results line up with the treatment plans people received over the 15 years.
Research has shown that genetics plays a large role in gum disease and suggests that severe gum disease is a risk factor for other chronic disease complications.