Periodontitis Ups Risk for First Heart Attack
In what is possibly the largest study of its kind, researchers have found a significant connection between periodontal disease and first-time heart attack. Results were…
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Students’ Gum Disease Linked to High Blood Pressure
When you think of someone with hypertension (more commonly known as high blood pressure), you probably don’t picture a twenty-year old. Indeed, most studies exploring…
Oral Biofilm & LDL Contribute to Atherosclerosis Together
A health mouth and a healthy body are strongly linked, as leading research continues to show. This is especially true regarding cardiovascular health. A recent study…
Missing Teeth: A Predictor of CVD, Diabetes, & Death
A large cohort study out of Finland has given us another reason to keep our smiles whole and healthy: Missing teeth are associated with a…
Dental Prophylaxis Lowers Heart Attack Risk
Researchers in Taiwan are considering gum disease to be a risk factor for heart attack after a 10-year nationwide study. The results, which were published…
Severity of Periodontitis Associated with Severity of Heart Attack
The severity of your gum disease may be an indicator of the severity of future heart attacks, according to a new study published in the…
Perio Treatment Reduces Lp-PLA2 Levels 30%
Groundbreaking research released today in Cardiovascular System has found an important connection between pathogen-directed treatment of periodontal disease and Lp-PLA2 levels. The research showed a…
Why You’re Not Out of the Woods After Surviving a Heart Attack
The remnants of a common oral bacterium can cause serious complications after a heart attack, according to a new study entitled “Systemic Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide…
Up to 50% of Heart Attacks Triggered by Oral Bacteria
A research paper released in March of 2013 in Circulation studied the bacterial components of blood clots of patients with heart attacks. Researchers found that…
The Daily Routine that Could Give You a Heart Attack
Certain mouthwashes may spell disaster for overall health, according to a recent study. The research, published in Free Radical Biology & Medicine shows that daily…