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Permalink Reply by Maritza Dominguez, D.M.D. on October 20, 2011 at 4:33am

Hi Kimberly,

No I have not heard of Book. Diabetes if its type2 can be reversed unlike Periodontal Disease as Alan mentioned has NO cure. This is why its so important that once you are Diagnosed with Gingivitis you treat it immediately. That is the ONLY form on gum disease that is reversible. Once go pass into Early Periodontics then its to late.
I feel that there are cures for many diseases but since you mentioned many interests would lose a lot of money we are kept in the dark.

Thanks for your post, God Bless!

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Permalink Reply by Maritza Dominguez, D.M.D. on February 22, 2012 at 1:43pm

Hi Kimberly,

The book is finally done. You can check it out at : http://goo.gl/5PM3Q.

Thanks for all your input.

Dr. Dominguez

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Permalink Reply by Brian (bsc) on October 20, 2011 at 5:34am

Unfortunately, the idea that diabetes (and type 2 diabetes in particular) can be reversed is just not true. You can "manage" the condition, but there is no credible evidence that you can reverse or cure diabetes. We often have claims made about reversal and cures, whether it is this Matt Traverso or Gabriel Cousens claiming that a raw vegan diet can cure type 1 diabetes. This book "Reverse Diabetes Now" is an e-book, sold by Traverso, a public speaker from UK on the internet. Not a central reference book in my library.

I wait patiently for evidence of reversal. All the evidence that I have seen suggests that type 2 diabetics have lost "most" of their beta cell function by the time they are diagnosed and no treatment has ever demonstrated that you can regenerate your beta cell function.

I do agree that diet plays a big role in diabetes and dental care, but often not in ways that the mainstream suggests. The early pioneer Weston Price found that many primitive diets resulted in few dental problems. The diets Price found were often very different than the grain based diets of modern americans and by some measure the Paleo diets that are the current rage harken back to those roots.

We have often argued that sweets are a "cause" of dental problems since they lead to high glucose levels in the mouth. But for us diabetics, it is carbs which cause our entire bloodstream to have high glucose levels and this results in our mouths having high glucose levels despite having brushed our teeth and having sworn off sweets.

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Permalink Reply by Judith on October 20, 2011 at 7:19am

Thanks, bsc, for stating it so well, as usual. I agree with you........

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Permalink Reply by jrtpup on October 20, 2011 at 5:26am

Maritza, have you seen a higher incidence of cavities in PWD? 6 yrs after my dx I started having 1-2 small cavities every time I saw my dentist. My gums are in great shape tg. My dentist is wonderful but doesn't know of any relationship between D and decay. Are there any references I can pass on to him?

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Permalink Reply by Kelly WPA on October 20, 2011 at 7:34am

Many of us have other health issues that play into our dental health. Two years ago I started having problems with a dry mouth. It started right around when my thyroid decided to take a nose-dive and I read that dry mouth is common in people with Hashimotos – diabetes & thyroid are a common link. This year, the dryness spread and I was tested for Sjogren’s this summer. The tests came back negative but it can take on average 6 ½ years to get diagnosed with that. My eye doctor told me that the only thing my testing negative told me was that I tested negative. I knew on day one that the rheumatologist was not going to be a keeper because he was not up on current treatments, so I am going to see someone else and get another opinion. My lip biopsy also came back negative but after I had that done, I learned that they should have taken at least 4 salivary glands for a sample and they did not do that.

I also have autonomic neuropathy which can affect your moisture producing glands so it is possible the problems are caused by that. However, my A1cs have been in the 5s the last 3 ½ years other than 1 which was 6.1. From what I read, once your BS gets under control, you will regain moisture at least in your eyes. I am not convinced that the autonomic neuropathy is the cause since mine started 3 years after my A1cs went into the 5s (and the were in the 6s a little over a year before the 5s). I plan on bringing up the autonomic neuropathy with my eye doctor when I see him in 2 weeks because I was not really aware of that part when I saw him in August.

I was prescribed Evoxac for the dryness in my mouth and that seemed seemed to help in the beginning but doesn’t seem to work anymore.

My question is for those of us that have good blood sugar control but other problems common in diabetics, especially those causing the dryness, what can we do to help preserve our teeth? I used to have really good, strong teeth and they are literally crumbling before my eyes!

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Permalink Reply by jrtpup on October 20, 2011 at 8:12am

Kelly, I don't have dryness, just decay. I suspect it's a result of prolonged elevated blood sugars years ago but haven't found evidence to support that (or not). My teeth were also good, an occasional cavity, so something has changed.

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Permalink Reply by Kelly WPA on October 20, 2011 at 8:51am

That could be the case Jrtpup. I am sure that has to be part of it for both us - my BS was on a ride roller coaster ride for a couple years thanks to Lantus & gastroparesis. But we also have something that others don't have - the dead people factor - did we inherit their problems?

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Permalink Reply by jrtpup on October 20, 2011 at 9:40am

Yikes! Hope not :) It's supposed to be totally sterile, but who knows what migrates or mutates!

That's what we are Kelly, not bionic women... mutants!

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Permalink Reply by Kelly WPA on October 20, 2011 at 10:11am

I was just joking Jrtpup! You know those darn ghosts, they like to play tricks & it is trick or treat season!

Can't we be mutant bionic women?

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Permalink Reply by jrtpup on October 20, 2011 at 10:35am

Yah! Love it... so I can be the mutant bionic type weird woman LOL

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Permalink Reply by Kelly WPA on October 20, 2011 at 11:07am

Now why didn't you say that when I was trying to come up with a name for my blog!

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