When you’re struggling with diabetes, you can often experience further problems with your oral health. Part of this has to do with your poor circulation; when your blood isn’t flowing at an optimal rate, your body is less able to fight infections. Therefore, when bacteria begins to thrive in your teeth, it takes longer to get it under control.
Meanwhile, the blood of a diabetic individual is generally more saturated with glucose. This same glucose can travel from your blood into your mouth, where your oral bacteria is able to feed on it in the same way it would feed off of other sugary substances. This is why people with diabetes are more likely to require dental implants and other serious dental procedures.
To make matters worse, if you’re unfortunate enough to contact gum disease, you’re only aggravating your diabetes. It has been shown that diabetic patients suffering from gum disease require more medication, and their condition becomes more manageable after their gum disease is controlled. With this in mind, be sure to take special care of your teeth if you struggle with diabetes.