Patients can dramatically improve their blood sugar levels by keeping their mouths healthy. Contact Dr. Turner, serving Aliso Viejo, Laguna Hills, and Laguna Niguel in California. Like other complications of diabetes, gum disease is linked to blood sugar control. People with poor blood sugar control show both higher incidences of gum disease, and more severe incidences. Additionally, chronic high blood sugar leads to more teeth loss. In fact, people whose diabetes is well controlled have no more periodontal disease than persons without diabetes. Children with Type1 diabetes are also at a