Diabetes and Dental Health

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Your Mouth May Be Messing With Your Blood Sugar Having trouble controlling blood sugar? Gum disease may be contributing to the problem. Discover how your mouth and diabetes are related, and learn what you can do to protect your teeth. How to Keep Your Teeth for a Lifetime Tooth loss is common, but it's definitely not a natural part of aging. Want to keep those pearly whites where they belong? Start with these 7 simple tooth care tips. LISTERINE® Antiseptic for the Deepest Clean*        • Learn How to Go Beyond the Surface for the Cleanest,          Healthiest Mouth*        • Explore Some Connections Between a Healthy Mouth and a          Healthy Body        • Check Out Listerine.com for a Range of Products for Adults          and Kids       Learn More       From Our Sponsor Want Better Breath? Sure, brushing your teeth and tongue will help you have better breath. But eating a slice of bread? Getting sweet on cinnamon gum? Brush up on a few novel ways you can give bad breath the boot. How to Prevent Diabetes Complications Dental issues, eye problems, heart disease, hypoglycemia: Here's what you can do today to steer clear of these and four other diabetes complications tomorrow. Home-Care Hints for Taking Care of Diabetes Diabetes can affect your whole body, so having a team of diabetes specialists can help you stay healthy. From your primary care doctor to your endocrinologist to your dentist, find out who you need on your health care team. You are subscribed as vivalaperry@gmail.com. View and manage your WebMD newsletter preferences. Subscribe to more newsletters. Change/update your email address. WebMD Privacy Policy WebMD Office of Privacy 1201 Peachtree Street, NE 400 Colony Square, Suite 2100, Atlanta GA 30361 © 2010 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved.