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High Blood Sugar & Tooth Decay

Jan 1, 1993

The results of a study conducted by researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, suggest a possible relationship between poor blood glucose control and dental caries (tooth destruction) in children with type I diabetes. The report of the study was published in Pediatr Dent, May-June 1992.

Dental caries was observed in 28 children with newly diagnosed type I diabetes and recorded up to two years after the onset of their disease. During the observation period, 46% of the children developed dental caries, with a higher incidence during the first year of diabetes than in the second.

Children with active tooth destruction displayed a significantly higher long-term average blood glucose level than those whose teeth were normal.

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