Diabetics
If you have
diabetes, you know the disease can harm your eyes, nerves, kidneys, hear and mony others importand
systerms in your body. Pople with
diabetes have higher than normal risk of gum diseases.
Diabetic Control: Like other complications from diabetes, gum disease, too, is linked to diabetic control. People with poor blood sugar control can get gum disease more often and more severely, and they lose more teeth than people with good diabetic control.
Blood Vessel Changes: Thickening of blood vessels is a complication of diabetes that may increase the risk of gum disease. Blood vessels deliver oxygen and nourishment to body tissues including the mouth, and carry away the tissues’ waste products. Diabetes causes blood vessels to thicken, which slows the flow of nutrients and the removal of harmful wastes. This can weaken the resistance of gum and bone tissue to infection.
Bacteria: Many kinds of bacteria (germs) thrive on sugars including glucose, the sugar linked to diabetes. When diabetes is poorly controlled, high glucose levels in mouth fluids may help germs to grow and set the stage for gum disease.