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The diabetic state is said to decrease host resistance to infection.
A case of a severe oral infection in a 58-year-old male with diabetes mellitus was reported. An usual treatment which was tooth extraction after adminstrating antibiotics was not effective for this case because of the savere condition of his diabetic state.
After consulting with his physician about the administrated volume of insulin, we corrected the volume of his insulin.
Since, the value of FBS was got about 140mg/dl, we performed a removal operation of inflammatory lesion in extraoral approach. As a result, the infectious lesion of the patient diminished.
It is important in the treatment of infectious patient with diabetes mellitus to control their blood sugar.
