In an event at Al Sharqia Health Club, awareness of “diabetic” patients about the dangers of oral and dental diseases

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The effectiveness of oral and dental health for diabetics aimed to spread awareness of the importance of oral and dental health and ways to enhance and protect it, raise the level of health awareness for diabetics and their families, and ways to prevent dental problems.

The event was recently inaugurated by the Eastern Health Complex, in cooperation with the Saudi Diabetes and Endocrinology Society, at the Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Center for Science and Technology (Scitech), over a period of 3 days.

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The event consists of several awareness pillars, showing the importance of raising awareness of oral and dental health. The “health education” corner is concerned with proper awareness of oral and dental health care, and the “complications of diabetes and its impact on oral and dental health” corner.

It also includes a “healthy food” corner that focuses on raising awareness of healthy food for diabetics, a “mobile dental clinic” corner, a “children and entertainment” corner by reading stories and coloring, and a “questionnaire” corner to measure the success of the event as required.

Diabetes causes several problems for the health of the mouth and teeth, including bad breath, inflammation and receding of the gums, dry mouth, the abundance of fungus, and the continuation of bleeding after extraction, and people with diabetes suffer from an increased risk of dental problems and gum disease.

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