Diabetes and Your Teeth
This chronic, inflammatory disease can destroy your gums, all the tissues holding your teeth and even your bones. Periodontal disease is the most common dental disease affecting those living with diabetes, affecting nearly 22% of those diagnosed.
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Diabetes and Dental Exams
In your dental exam, it can become obvious to your dentist that there’s an underlying medical problem. You not only have a gum problem, you may have diabetes. Your dentist can tell if you have an overreaction to periodontal disease or infection.
Sometimes these underlying medical conditions can be clearly seen by a dentist and diagnosed at that level.