Today I had 2 more teeth extracted- 2 recently and another ne next week
I have been good about taking care of teeth
I am ging to get new ones when I can
I am nervos about ti but feel that maybe diabetes has something to do with it
I am mid aage and had 5 taken outwithin 3 months
Has anyone else experienced this?

[Rhapsody]

My mom had all of her molars taken out over the years due to her diabetes and she is doing fine with her upper & lower dentures put in.... and she can still murder a piece corn on the cob -

[thunderbear]

Originally Posted by sunshineinthecity

Today I had 2 more teeth extracted- 2 recently and another ne next week
I have been good about taking care of teeth
I am ging to get new ones when I can
I am nervos about ti but feel that maybe diabetes has something to do with it
I am mid aage and had 5 taken outwithin 3 months
Has anyone else experienced this?

I have always taken good care of my teeth. But I had to have a bunch of them surgically removed and i found out that I have a rare genetic gum diesese. There was one doctor who was wanting to remove my jaw and replace it with a $20,000 plastic thing But i went for a second opinion and I had 6 removed and then the rest bonded which was way cheaper. I also found out that the diesese was contained to the ones he removed. your right diabetes might have something to do with it. I would ask my doctor about it though before i got too worried.

You might take a calcium supplement. I lost two molars while pregnant, and the doc suggested it was because they lost strength from the baby sapping my calcium.

[Perna]

I think it's mostly if you're not controlling your diabetes that it can be a problem. There are lots of other, not "personal" (genetic, etc.) reasons you could be having problems.

http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/faq/concerns.htm#13