The Correlation between Oral and Overall Health

sethhudson — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:47:25 +0000

It's often hard to avoid tantalizing your sweet tooth and while you may be concerned about your waistline your dentist is concerned about your smile and not because of cavities. The amount is said to reveal a lot about a person, the overall health and nutrition and several other details you could not even imagine.
Bleeding gums are a sign of periodontal disease and according to recent studies three out of four Americans have it, many do not even know it, yet if left unchecked gum disease can lead to chronic conditions in the rest of the body. A periodontal bacterium has been linked to the hardening of the arteries so if you have gum problems you had a higher risk of heart disease.
Oral bacteria can also make it harder on diabetics to control their blood sugar levels and pregnant women who have gum disease are more likely to give birth early or have underweight babies.
The good news is that periodontal disease is easily prevented, just brush your teeth at least twice a day properly for a full two minutes and do not forget flossing which should be done at least once a day, five days a week. Make sure you learn how to floss properly as many of the dentists said that when they asked their patients about how they floss their teeth the method is usually wrong, if you want to do it properly you should just get the floss in and out you should wrap around the tooth and that you go up and down a couple times in order to give a scrubbing motion and then you wrap around the backside of the next one.
Make sure you change your toothbrush often (every two to three months) and whatever you do do not share it with others because periodontal disease can be spread on contact and that is definitely a kiss you do not want to steal – so to speak.
As you see the condition of your dental structure can affect more areas of your body that you previously imagined. Periodontal diseases have also been linked to severe conditions such as stroke, heart attacks and other diseases related to the circulatory system so the better care you give to your gums and teeth the lower your chances are of suffering from a serious condition as at most of the people think may not have anything to do with oral health.

Oral health care

sethhudson — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:09:57 +0000

The issues related to maintaining good dental and oral hygiene are very old, if it is true that as early as 1000, Abulqasis, a surgeon Arab Cordoba has devoted many pages of his medical encyclopedia dental art. In these pages, Abulqasis described the methods of extraction of teeth, removal of tartar and the role of oral hygiene that is not too far from main recommendations of modern dentistry.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the rapid changes in lifestyle, which led in many countries the spread of diets rich in sugars and high consumption of alcohol and tobacco, are the cause of many chronic health conditions. These behaviors become particularly crucial in dental health, which would be a major public health problem for high prevalence in every region of the world and the fact that, like many other diseases, the main load weighs especially on most disadvantaged populations. Yet dental health is improving visibly in many countries. In the lead, the present generation probably will be the first to maintain, in most cases, their natural teeth until the end of his life, thanks to the spread and use of water rich in fluoride and toothpaste. It 'important to emphasize, as WHO and CDC, which have good oral health is much more that having healthy teeth: This is indeed a condition that strongly influence the whole state of health and welfare of the person and that may have also very heavy impact on the daily lives of individuals.
Borne diseases of the oral cavity may be very different from certain causes and distinct from caries (bacterial infection in the teeth) that can cause sore teeth of different entities to the formation of plaque and tartar (bacterial depositions), from gingivitis and parodontiti the traumatic lesions of the mucous membranes and / or inflammation (irritation and wounds caused by prosthesis, training and after ulcers on tissues of the mouth caused by Herpes), problems with the joints of the jaw or other malfunctions and craniofacial deformities (such as the lip leporine and slotted the palate) to cancer of the mouth or throat (pharynx).

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The Correlation between Oral and Overall Health

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