According to the latest studies, well -controlled periodontitis derives in an improvement in blood sugar control, reducing HBA1C up to 0.4%.
With all this and taking into account that people with diabetes are 3 times more risk of periodontitis, and in turn, those with advanced periodontitis can have 6 times more risk of having poorly controlled diabetes, the initiative arises to elaborate aDecalogue that aims to inform, educate and raise the diabetic patient and the general population of the bidirectional relationship between both pathologies.
Reason why yesterday was presented at the House of Gums, the headquarters of the SEPA Foundation of Periodontics and Dental Implants, the decalogue
Under the impulse of Sunstar Gum, a company specialized in oral health care, in the elaboration of this decalogue, experts from the Spanish period of periodontics (SEPA), and the Spanish Society of Diabetes (SED), pharmaceutical professionals have collaborated (Pharmaceutical professionals (represented by Bidafarma and the Andalusian Council of the Office of Pharmacy, (Cacof), and representatives of the Spanish Diabetes Federation (Fede).
With this document, it is intended to show the pharmacy office as an ideal place from which to perform an early detection of any of the two pathologies and the patient's derivation towards the corresponding health professionals and associations.
Dr. Bartolomé Beltrán, a member of the Advisory Council of the Ministry of Health, has moderated the presentation of the document that has had the intervention of Dr. Héctor Juan Rodríguez Casanovas, periodontist and member of the Spanish Society of Periodontics and Osteointegration (SEPA) andDr. Juan Girbés, Endocrine and Member of the Spanish Diabetes Society (SED), both members of the SED-SEPA working group, which has the support of Sunstar Gum, who have raised the scientific evidence of the bidirectional relationship between diseases between diseasesPeriodontals and diabetes.
“While periodontitis causes an increase in pro-inflammatory substances that contribute to increasing insulin resistance, diabetes aggravates the inflammation of gums, worsening symptoms and destroying periodontal tissues, and even the loss of loss ofDental pieces, ”they have highlighted.
Jaime Román, vowel of Bidafarma and Francisco Marín, member of the Technical Services Committee of the Andalusian Pharmacy Office (Cacof) council recognized that “thanks to the new decalogue, the patients who come to the pharmacy without a diagnosis of diabetes, but that they manifestRisk factors for type 2 diabetes and periodontitis signs, may be informed about their risk of diabetes. ”
In turn, from the pharmacy office you can perform tests such as the control of HBA1C or a capillary test, failing, and refer to patients to a doctor to perform diagnostic tests and correct follow -up.
For his part, Juan Antonio Illescas President of FADCAM (Federation of Diabetics Associations of the Community of Madrid) and 2nd Vice President of the Spanish Diabetes Federation (Fede), has expressed how oral health and tools for teeth careAnd gums should be one more factor to consider for patients with diabetes, as are periodic eye reviews or diabetic foot care
"Bleeding or redness of gums, bad breath, hypersensitivity to cold or mobility or separation of teeth are alert signs that have to be controlled by patients with diabetes."
With all this, the document pays special attention to risk groups such as children and adolescents with diabetes and womenpregnant.It is recommended that children with diabetes have an annual oral exam from 6-7 years, with the aim of detecting and preventing gum diseases, while pregnant women should be treated to avoid the usual periodontal diseases duringThe state of gestation.