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12/25/2017 / By Ralph Flores

Heart health and mouth health linked: Treating gum disease found to help lower blood pressure

Brushing your teeth will never be the same again after this: keeping gum disease (periodontitis) at bay can help you lower your blood pressure, especially if you’re at risk of developing hypertension (high blood pressure), according to a study presented at the American Heart Association Meeting. Dr. Jun Tao, lead author, and director of the Institute […]

12/21/2017 / By Rita Winters

How gum disease affects your overall health: Bacteria from your mouth enters your blood, then contributes to diseases such as cancer

Here’s something to make you check your teeth today: Bacteria in the mouth have long been known to cause various diseases in other parts of the body. While saliva may serve as the first line of defense against unwanted contaminants, some bacteria may be tougher to break down. A study from the Federal University of Santa […]

09/18/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

New method of dental imaging uses squid ink for a painless, non-invasive check-up

According to engineers at the University of California San Diego, people who are getting checked at their dentists’ offices for gum disease need not worry anymore about pain and discomfort. Why? Because squid ink is the answer to their problems. In a study that was published in the Journal of Dental Research, the researchers developed […]

07/16/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Scientists figure out why diabetes causes gum disease and a loss of oral health

The relationship between diabetes and periodontitis is one that has been known about for quite some time but has been dismissed as coincidental. Until now, that is. A recent study led by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania has pinpointed oral microbiome as the link between these two conditions. Specifically, the study showed that diabetes […]

06/11/2017 / By Tracey Watson

War on weed: Cannabis can make your teeth fall out, claims ridiculous study

Though it remains illegal at the federal level, a total of 29 states and the District of Columbia have now passed laws allowing for the medicinal use of marijuana. Eight of these, including D.C., have adopted even broader laws, allowing for the legal use of recreational marijuana. There are, of course, many who are unhappy […]

02/10/2016 / By Julie Wilson

These 7 natural remedies can prevent you from falling victim to gum disease

Gum disease is a silent but deadly killer that affects nearly 50 percent of adults age 30 and over. If left untreated, it can result in heart attacks, strokes, and diabetes, as well as impacts to the mouth including gums that slowly begin to pull away from the teeth, causing them to sometimes fall out. […]

10/19/2015 / By holisticdentistry

Will you lose your teeth because you don’t know how to floss? A shocking number of people floss incorrectly

As an American dentist once said, only floss the teeth you want to keep. According to one statistic, only 17 percent of adults even floss on a regular basis, but of those studious flossers, how many of them are actually doing it right? The “see saw” method of sawing the floss between the teeth could […]

10/02/2015 / By Carol Young

Dr. Lane Freeman reveals why gum disease is so dangerous to your health at the Holistic Oral Health Summit

Dr. Lane Freeman is based out of Marble Falls, Texas, and she actually practices in the same dental office that she was a patient of as a child. She completed her undergraduate degree at The University of Texas at Austin and finished her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the top-rated dental school at the […]

09/04/2015 / By Carol Young

Dr. Oksana Sawiak discusses gum disease and what underlying infection may be causing this periodontal illness

Dr. Oksana Sawiak practiced clinical family dentistry for 42 years, from 1966 to 2008, with a focus on mercury-free, biological dentistry. She is known as a “Health Detective” due to her exhaustive efforts to look at the health challenges a person faces to discover the underlying cause of what may be creating “dis-ease” in a […]

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