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Connecting the Dots Between Gum Disease, Blood Sugar, and Diabetes

May 13, 2024

Filed under: Uncategorized — deerpark @ 9:09 pm
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If you have diabetes, you’re probably used to having to find and research ways to mitigate health complications. You might not be too surprised to learn that gum disease should also be on your radar, because – you guessed it – diabetes increases your risk.

You’ve heard it all before. “You need to maintain a nutritious, hygienic, and healthy lifestyle.” Of course this is true, but you’d probably like to know why diabetes increases your risk and how you can tell when you have gum disease. For information that’s a bit outside the norm, keep reading.

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