Table 6.

EMBASE

	EMTREE terms	Free-Text search
Population	Exp Periodontal Disease OR alveolar bone loss AND Exp non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus OR exp hyperglycemia	Periodontit* OR Parodontos$s OR periodontal disease OR pyorrhea OR Pericementit* OR gum disease OR (Periodont* ADJ2 pocket*) OR (Periodont* NEAR/2 defect*) OR (Periodont* NEAR/2 atroph*) OR (periodontal attachment NEAR/2 loss) OR (periodontal bone NEAR/2 loss*) OR (periodontal NEAR/2 resorption*) OR furcation OR (alveolar bone NEAR/2 loss) AND diabet* or DM2 OR NIDDM or hyperglyc*

The results were limited to human studies, clinical studies, articles and articles in press with the dedicated EMBASE limits.