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Finding medial arterial calcification (MAC) on CBCT scans is more common than many clinicians realize, and incidental observation warrants referral due to the association between MAC and diabetes. In a new case report, a patient’s undiagnosed type 2 diabetes was confirmed by hemoglobin A
1c levels after incidental detection of MAC.
Learn more about this important topic in the September/October issue of
General Dentistry.