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- 3. Individuals can fight this by drinking plenty of water, chewing sugarless gum, and eat healthy food to get saliva moving.
- 7. This chronic, inflammatory disease can destroy your gums, all the tissues holding your teeth and even your bones.
- 8. The body does not make enough insulin.
- 9. Gums may become inflamed and bleed often.
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- 1. The body stops responding to insulin.
- 2. What do both types of diabetes lead to?
- 4. 1 in 5 cases of tooth loss is linked to this.
- 5. thrush is common in individuals who wear what?
- 6. One common infection among people with diabetes is a yeast infection called oral thrush or also called what?
- 10. A hormone that carries sugar from your blood to the cells that need it for energy.