Diabetes Oral
The link between diabetes and oral health problems is high blood sugar. if blood sugar is poorly controlled, oral health problems are more likely to develop. this is because uncontrolled diabetes weakens white blood cells, which are the body’s main defense against bacterial infections that can occur in the mouth. The focus of this review will be the management of patients with type 2 diabetes using one or more of the five available classes of oral hypoglycemic agents: sulfonylureas, meglitinides. Oral manifestations of diabetes. the effects of diabetes on oral health have been studied extensively. diminished salivary flow is a common oral feature of diabetes and may or may not include symptoms of a burning sensation in the mouth or tongue and concomitant enlargement of the parotid salivary glands . table 1 shows the prevalence rates of these and other oral manifestations in controlled. The link between diabetes and oral health problems is high blood sugar. if blood sugar is poorly cont...