Diabetes and Your Dental Health # 3

November is Diabetes Awareness Month. This month we are featuring information found on MouthHealthy.org that discuss how diabetes can affect  your dental health. Below is one way that diabetes can affect your oral health.

 Slow Healing 





Have you ever noticed a cold sore or a cut in your mouth that doesn’t quite seem to go away? This can be another way that diabetes may affect your mouth. Poor control of blood sugar can keep injuries from healing quickly and properly. If you have something in your mouth that you feel isn’t healing as it should, see your dentist.

 To read all '5 Ways Diabetes Can Affect Your Mouth' visit MouthHealthy.org.

Cox Family Dentistry   
James T. Cox, III, DMD   
Dallas J. Kunkel, DMD   
101 Perpetual Square Drive  
Anderson, SC 29621   
(864) 226-4300   
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