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Welcome to Episode 46 of 'not ARTIFICIALLY Sweetened'!

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This Episode is brought to you in support of diabetes awareness and care by the CDE Online Pharmacy (https://cdeonline.co.za/), the online store of choice for people living with diabetes.

If you're living with diabetes or a health professional that facilitates diabetes care, you're in the right place!

Join our journey, as we grow together in understanding, insight, and self-awareness to change lives for the better. Our deliberations are always honest, challenging and thought provoking. Nothing is off the table as we meet real people, discuss their real issues and stories, and together discover real answers to many vexing practical issues in diabetes and its care.

20th March marked World Oral Health Day, and the theme for this year is ‘A Happy Mouth, is a Happy Body’, a reminder of the intricate connections between oral and systemic health.

In an Episode devoted to exploring oral health we bring in another awesome studio guest, this week being Dr Tumane Daniel Mafojane (aka Dr Dan), a Specialist Periodontist and Head of the Clinical Unit of the Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology at the School of Oral Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand. Dr Dan is passionate about the management of periodontitis in people living with diabetes, in collaboration with their diabetes team clinicians. He is also a fervent road runner.

Together we explore:

• The specialities of periodontology and periodontal medicine and other dental care specialities
• Why oral health is so important for health of the body and quality of life
• The importance of the mouth in providing early clues to systemic disorders
• The anatomy and physiology of the mouth and the ‘good’ and ‘harmful’ ‘bugs’ therein
• Gingivitis (symptomatic and reversible) and periodontitis (asymptomatic and irreversible) and the important differences between them
• The bidirectional relationship between periodontitis and diabetes and cardiovascular disease
• The role of the high cariogenic diet in the development of dental caries
• How periodontitis develops and the importance of prevention
• Brushing and flossing and the whys behind these preventative self-care actions

In our weekly SA Diabetes Advocacy message, Kirsten discusses the last of five important Diabetes Advocacy Projects they will focus on in 2024 - this week, they focus on food security for people with diabetes

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