>>VIC MICOLUCCI: HELPING YOU LIVE HEALTHY. DID YOU KNOW THAT 20% OF ALL TO FLOSS IS
CASES CAN BE LINKED TO
DIABETES? MORE THAN 37 MILLION
PEOPLE HAVE SOME FORM OF
DIABETES. THAT’S ACCORDING TO
THE CDC. THAT’S WHY THIS ORAL
CARE MONTH DENTISTS WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS
PRACTICING GOOD ORAL HYGIENE.
LET’S BRING IN DOCTOR KERRY
BYRNE, WHO IS GOING TO TALK TO
ABOUT HOW DIABETIC PATIENTS
CAN PROTECT THEIR TEETH. AND
WE WANT TO BROADEN THAT OUT
FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE, YOU
KNOW, YOU HEAR THAT SAYING
THAT YOUR YOUR MOUTH IS A
MIRROR FOR THE REST OF YOUR
BODY WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH
DOT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, WE
TEND TO SEPARATE THEM OUT FROM
THE REST OF THE BODY, BUT YOU
CAN’T FORGET THESE THINGS ARE
CONNECTED AND THE MOUTH REALLY
NEAR AND TO THE REST OF YOUR
HEALTH. IF YOU’VE GOT A
HEALTHY MOUTH OFTEN DON’T HAVE
A HEALTHY BODY THAT COMES
ALONG WITH THAT MUCH HAS BEEN
REPORTED ALREADY ABOUT THE
LINK BETWEEN GUM DISEASE AND
HEART CONDITIONS. BUT ALSO
THERE’S A HUGE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN GUM DISEASE AND THOSE
WITH DIABETES. AS A DIABETIC,
YOU’RE MUCH MORE SUSCEPTIBLE
TO INFECTION THROUGHOUT YOUR
BODY AND MOUTH IS ONE AREA
THAT DISEASE CAN SHOW UP
PARTICULARLY GUM DISEASE. THE
MAIN REASON BEING IS A
DIABETIC YOUR WHITE BLOOD
CELLS ARE NOT AS EFFECTIVE AT
FIGHTING OFF INFECTION WHITE
BLOOD CELLS ARE. THOSE CELLS
HAVE HELP US FIGHT OFF DISEASE
ANYWHERE IN OUR BODY. AND IF
THEY CAN DO AS GOOD OF A JOB,
YOU’RE MUCH MORE SUSCEPTIBLE
TO ISSUES LIKE GUM DISEASE,
DECAY. AND SO FOR US, IT
REALLY IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE
GOOD CARE OF YOUR BODY AND
REALIZE THESE RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN. OVERALL HEALTH
CONDITIONS AND YOUR ORAL
HEALTH.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: SO THE GOAL,
OBVIOUSLY, IS IS PREVENTION.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO AND WHAT
DO DIABETIC SPECIFICALLY NEED
TO DO TO MAKE SURE. BUT THEY
DON’T GET INTO THESE PROBLEMS.
>> PREVENTION REALLY IS IS THE
FOR MANY THINGS THROUGHOUT OUR
BODY HEALTH WISE AND
PARTICULARLY IN THE MOUTH. THE
MESS IMPORTANT THING IS ALWAYS
SCHEDULE YOUR REGULAR CHECKUPS
WITH YOUR DENTIST. MAYBE TWICE
A YEAR. SOME PEOPLE NEED TO
COME MORE OFTEN IN PARTICULAR.
THOSE WITH DIABETES. WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE ARE
ISSUES THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE
CATCHING THESE THINGS VERY
QUICKLY. AND IF THERE ARE
PROBLEMS, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET
THEM IN THE MUCH EARLIER. SO
IT REALLY STARTS WITH A PROPER
EXAM COMING IN CHECKUPS. WHAT
YOU CAN DO AT IS WHAT WE
RECOMMEND REALLY ALL OUR
PATIENTS, RUSSIAN AT LEAST
TWICE A DAY FOR 2 MINUTES
USING FLAUNTS USING OTHER
TOOLS, SUCH AS WATER PICK AND
MOUTHWASH. SECOND REALLY HELP
YOUR ORAL ENVIRONMENT AND
MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF
BACTERIA THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR
MOUTH. AGAIN, THE WHOLE IDEA
IS TO PREVENT DECAY, PREVENT
GUM DISEASE AND YOU DO THAT BY
TAKING GREAT CARE OF YOUR
MOUTH. AND THAT STARTS AT HOME
AS WELL COMING IN WITH YOUR
YOUR GENERAL, DENNIS. YEAH, I
MEAN, IT SEEMS TIME-CONSUMING
ON THE FRONT END, BUT IT’S
MUCH WORSE TO HAVE THE
PROCEDURES ON THE BACK END.
>> ABSOLUTELY. ALL WE WANT YOU
TO DO IS YOU CAN GET A GREAT
ROUTINE DOWN IN ABOUT 5
MINUTES. BEEN IN A COUPLE
MINUTES BRUSH IN A MANNER TO
FLOSSING AND A MINUTE OR 2
WATER PICK IN. AND THE WHOLE
IDEA IS WE WANT YOU TO GET A
FISH PROFESSION. IF YOU SPEND
5 MINUTES IN THE MORNING 5
MINUTES AT THE NIGHT DOING
THESE TASKS, IT’S GOING TO GO
A LONG WAY TO HELP PREVENT.
>> A LOT OF COSTLY TREATMENTS.
A LOT OF ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE
IF YOU DON’T SPEND AS THIS
QUALITY MINUTES TAKING GOOD
CARE OF THINGS THAT AND THEN
AGAIN IMPORTANT TO COME IN SO
THAT WE CAN FIND ISSUES AND A
LOT OF ISSUES OFTEN ARE
PAINFUL ISSUES. AND SO THEY’RE
VERY LATE STAGE. SO WE WANT TO
CATCH THINGS EARLY ON WORSE.
HAD NOT DISCOMFORT OR NOT
GOING TO BE A LARGE PROCEDURE
THAT’S MAY BE SOMETHING THAT’S
MUCH SIMPLER AND ALSO LESS
COSTLY. IF WE CAN CATCH IT IN
EARLY STAGES, DIABETICS ARE
ABOUT 2 TO 3 TIMES MORE LIKELY
TO HAVE GUM DISEASE AND ALSO
TO TO PROBLEMS AND SAID IT’S
REALLY IMPORTANT TO STAY ON
TOP OF OF YOUR ORAL HEALTH.
THAT’S GOT TO SMILE NEEDS TO
PAY ATTENTION AT HIM AND ALSO
COME IN FOR REGULAR CHECKUPS.