Link Between Diabetes and Oral Care

The Link Between Diabetes
And Oral Health Care

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Diabetes and Oral Care
• Oral health care is an aspect of health
that is rarely given a serious attention to.
• There are a lot of people who do not
really understand its connection to other
health problems.
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A good prevention
• Knowing the facts about common
diseases like diabetes linked to oral
health is a good prevention of other
health risks.

Risks of a diabetic patient
• What are the risks of a diabetic patient
regarding oral health?
• Diabetic patients have a high risk for dental
problems.

Prone to infections
• They are more prone to infections such
as gum disease and infection of the
salivary glands due to impairment of the
white blood cells.

These risks should be avoided
• Furthermore, healing of the gums and
the tissues of the mouth is a problem
when you have diabetes.
• These risks should be avoided by a
regular visit to your family dentist and a
good oral hygiene regimen.

Conditions you may experience
• Here are other conditions a diabetic
patient may experience:

Conditions you may experience
• Dry mouth. This condition is characterized
by very low production of the saliva. As you
will notice, saliva is needed when you speak,
eat and even, breathe.

Dry mouth
• The skin lining of the mouth is cracked if
there is not enough moisture.
• This leads to wounds which are hard to
heal because of the diabetic condition.

People with dry mouth
• Saliva also has a very important role in
reducing the development of cavities.
• People with dry mouth have an increased
chance of tooth decay.

Gum disease or gingivitis
• Gum disease or gingivitis
(aka periodontitis). This is
one of the first indications
of diabetes. The condition
deteriorates the surrounding bone
structure which then leads to loss of
teeth.

Swollen or inflamed gums
• Swollen or inflamed gums. The blood
vessels of a diabetic patient thickens
which with slow down the blood flow
and in return not distribute the proper
amounts of nutrients needed for the
body as well as the tissues of the mouth.

Prone to infections
• This causes them to be more prone to
infections as well.
• When you have infection of the gums, this
leaves the gums feeling tender and swollen.
Proper knowledge about the dental care of
diabetics is needed.

Slow healing process.
• Slow healing process. When a person is
diabetic, any wound is hard to heal.
• The mouth is no exception. Also after a
dental procedure the healing is slow as well.

Oral thrush
• Oral thrush. High sugar content in the
saliva encourages the proliferation of
bacteria and fungi.

Good dental habits
• With a weak immune system, oral thrush
can easily occur.
• Good dental habits must be exercised to
keep the mouth in its healthiest condition
as possible.

If you have diabetes
• Since diabetes is a serious disease, you
have to be extra careful if you have
acquired of this health problem.
• Remember that diabetes requires a lot of
self-control and discipline on the
patient’s part.

A healthy mouth
• Here is what you can do to have a healthy
mouth:
• Keep the plaque from building up by brushing
after every meal.

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• Never skip flossing. There are plaques in
between teeth that are not reached by
brushing alone and this will increase your
risk of gum disease.

Routine dental treatments
• Use non-alcohol mouth rinse. The rinse will
reduce the bacterial infections as it helps
protect the linings of the mouth from
bacterial attacks.
• Make sure it does not contain alcohol in it
because that will only cause more of a dry
mouth than a diabetic person already has.

Regular dental cleaning
• Have a regular dental cleaning with your
dentist at least twice a year, sometimes
even more if needed.

Regular dental cleaning
• This will prevent accumulation of plaque
and bacteria that can easily attack the
mouth especially the gums and the
teeth.

If you are wearing dentures
• If you are wearing dentures, regularly
clean it. It is recommended to clean your
dentures after every meal so not to
create a place for bacteria to proliferate.

• Since the primary factor of oral problems
in diabetics is the blood sugar, keep it in
check and limit eating sweets and
carbohydrates.
• Also, improve your cholesterol and blood
pressure level.

• Diabetics need greater oral care in order
to prevent serious oral, dental and
overall health problems .
• You have to be more discipline than ever
in keeping an excellent oral care to
prevent serious problems by following
the above regimen.

Uncontrolled diabetes
• Also remember that it has been proven
that if you have diabetes and you don’t
maintain a good oral care, the infections
in the mouth like gum disease will cause
you to have uncontrolled diabetes.

Diabetes and oral health
• If you have diabetes and are in need of a
good dentist that understands the link
between diabetes and oral health.

St James Dental Group
• We can help you to maintain and prevent
the serious complications that arise from
it, call St James Dental Group at 323-771-
7254 for an appointment.

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