Diabetic periodontal disease is a complication that a diabetic patient gets when his or her teeth are not properly managed. It causes inflammation on tissues around the teeth, and it disturbs blood sugar control. Therefore, it worsens diabetic mellitus by aggravating the complications like cardiovascular diseases, stroke, etc. without staying with mouth problems. It is because bacteria in mouth interfere with blood sugar control by blocking sugar absorption. Moreover, when a tooth is lost because of a periodontal disease, it changes structure of oral mucosa, function of muscle around oral cavity, recognition rate of taste sense, and function of salivary gland.
Unlike other ordinary periodontal diseases, diabetic periodontal diseases may spread to the whole body without staying inside the mouth. When a tooth is lost or it does not function properly due to periodontal diseases, it immediately cause problems to chewing that helps our body digest food. If a diabetic patient cannot chew rough and tough food like vegetable and nuts, it will be easier for their dietary plan to fail. The medical staffs of this hospital warns that it will cause nutritional imbalance, and result in failure of blood sugar control in the end.
It is easy to quickly detect the diabetic periodontal diseases with symptom of daily life. When you have one, you have bleeding in your gum, it turns red, and you feel like it is swollen or its bad smell continues. When it is much in progress, you will see pus between teeth and gum, feel like the teeth are loose, and have a dry mouth. This hospital is doing its best for the early detection campaign that is designed to prevent and cure the periodontal diseases of diabetic patients. |