How To Care For Your Teeth And Gums If You Have Diabetes

How should I care for my teeth and gums if I have diabetes?

People with diabetes get more gum infections, such as <a href="http://www.videojug.com/interview/gum-disease-gingivitis-and-periodontitis">gingivitis</a>, and more cavities than people without diabetes, but like everything in diabetes, it's all related to blood sugar levels, so the more normal the blood sugar levels, the more normal the teeth. So, people with diabetes need to make sure that they go regularly to the dentist, and they may often need to go more often because they're being treated for prior damage that happened when their sugars was higher. But once things get under control and the diabetes is treated, my expectation is that they should do just as well or as poorly as anybody else with their teeth.