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The Relationship Between Oral Health and Heart Disease
***UPDATED: April 21, 2015*** Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. And because oral infections are a key risk factor (and the most common diseases of humankind), scientists are always exploring this connection, attempting to better understand it. Recently, researchers summarized the latest evidence supporting the link in the journal, Trends in Endocrinology […]
Is Dental Work Worth a Second Opinion?
Imagine this. Your car has been making a strange knocking sound every time you make a right turn. Being the responsible car owner that you are, you take your vehicle to the nearest garage to find out what the problem is. After telling the mechanic the symptoms that you’ve noticed, he quickly tells you that […]
Are Your Dental Benefits Going to Waste?
It never fails. As soon as Halloween is over, the remainder of the year seems to fly by. I can’t believe that Thanksgiving is next week and there are only 34 days until Christmas! With all of the family get-togethers, shopping trips, holiday parties, and community events, this time of year always seems so hectic, […]
Sweet! Candy that Actually Improves Oral Health
I love irony. Just yesterday I updated an old blog about the relationship between oral health and heart disease, adding information that suggests that heavy consumption of sweets could lead to chronic heart health issues as well as obvious oral health problems. Then today, I was catching up on news of the dental industry online […]
Predictions of Periodontitis
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) half of all Americans over the age of 30 suffer from periodontitis, the advanced form or periodontal disease. That’s nearly 65 million people with the inflammatory disease that affects the soft and hard structures that support your teeth. In its early stages, the condition is […]
Poor Oral Health and Brain Function
***UPDATED: April 28, 2014*** Further research suggests a connection between oral health and cognitive ability, reports Dental Tribune, an online dental newspaper. The new study, recently presented at the Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the American Association of Dental Research, found that a decline of cognitive function in people over the age of 79 is […]
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