Periodontics · single question
Which systemic disease most likely underlies these findings?
Severe generalized bone loss with bleeding on probing.
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Correct answer: A. Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes is the classic systemic driver of periodontitis severity.
- A. Correct. Diabetes is the systemic condition most strongly and bidirectionally linked to periodontal destruction.
- B. Associated with oral lesions but not classic generalized periodontal bone loss.
- C. Shares inflammatory pathways but diabetes is the dominant periodontal risk disease.