Can an infected tooth effect the heart or have any effect on diabetes ?!
Question:
Can an infected tooth effect the heart or have any effect on diabetes ?
i'm talking about someone who hasn't been to the dentist in 20 years or more and has a constant infection
Answers:
Yes. It can lead to a cardiac infection, sepsis and death. Recently in Illinois a child died from a dental infection and a prisoner. Neither had $, so were unable to be seen by a dentist. Sad, isn't it? People are seen as disposable unless they have money.
DM actually increases the risk of dental infections or any infection because bacteria cannot be effectively controlled in a high sugar environment.