Is toothache diabetic complication?

Toothache is not a complication of diabetes.

Diabetes mainly affects blood sugar metabolism. Long-term poor blood sugar control may increase the risk of oral infections, such as periodontitis, but this does not mean that toothache must be a complication caused by diabetes. Toothache is more often caused by problems with the teeth themselves, such as caries, pulpitis, periapical periodontitis, etc. Various diseases in the mouth are common causes of toothache. For example, caries develop to a certain extent and invade the dental pulp, causing severe pain; Pulpitis can bring unbearable paroxysmal pain; Periapical periodontitis can lead to bite pain, etc. These oral diseases are more closely related to daily oral hygiene, eating habits, etc., rather than diabetes directly caused. Of course, diabetes patients due to blood sugar problems, may make oral infection more difficult to control, the condition may be relatively more serious, but the root cause of toothache is often the tooth or periodontal disease itself. Toothache cannot simply be attributed to complications of diabetes.