Diabetes is one of those conditions that you never really know how to approach. Many medical experts will recommend against having oral surgery or even tooth extractions if your blood sugar level is above a certain point. However, there is also the risk of complications involving infection and the development of gum disease, if oral surgery is avoided for too long. So in most cases, diabetic patients walk a fine line.
If you’re suffering from either Type I or Type II diabetes, it’s important to talk to your doctor before having a complex oral surgery done. Well known Parker dental implants specialists confirm that regardless of what the surgery is and how complex it is, there might be a risk that your gums will heal more slowly and that you could develop a serious infection following the surgery.
In most cases, if you have a blood glucose level of above
200 – 230 mg/dl, dentists will avoid oral surgery entirely. Of course there are
disagreements among experts as to how much blood sugar is actually a safe level
to give a green light for surgery, but that limit seems to be somewhat of a
consensus in the medical community.
