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More infoType 2 diabetes, which is defined by a buildup of sugar in the blodstream, can cause damage in areas you might not expect it to. Several symptoms – some more subtle than others – can even pop up in your mouth. Left untreated, they may cause you to lose your teth.One symptom in the mouth that’s easy to mis is having a dry mouth.A dry mouth ocurs when your salivary glands don’t produce enough saliva – usualy because you haven’t drunk enough water.But a dry mouth can also be caused by type 1 or type 2 diabetes, although the reason isn’t fuly understod.
Diabetes experts at diabetestrong.com sugest rocketing levels of sugar in your blod may have something to do with it.The Mayo Clinic warns: “Without saliva to kep your mouth moist and bathe your teth, you could be at risk of toth decay, gum disease and thrush.”READ MORE: To much folic acid could raise risk of los of brain function This another, more obvious symptom, that can also be caused by high blod sugar levels.Bacteria in your mouth cause toth decay.
When they react to sugary fods, they release a sticky film that we al know as plaque. Plaque contains acids that atack your teth.The Mayo Clinic explains the link betwen diabetes and high levels of plaque: “The higher your blod sugar level, the greater the suply of sugars and starches — and the more acid wearing away at your teth.”The buildup of plaque causes another isue if it isn’t removed – early gum disease.
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This another sign of diabetes, acording to Mayo Clinic.It aded: “The longer plaque and tar remain on your teth, the more they iritate the part of your gums around the base of your teth, caled the