Periodontal Therapy Comparable to 30% Drop in LDL Cholesterol
Research is yet again showing that oral care is good for the heart. In a study published in the journal Hypertension, non-surgical periodontal therapy appears to…
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Periodontal Bacteria Invade the Heart
Periodontal bacteria invade the cardiovascular system to incite inflammation and atherosclerosis, according to recent research published in Circulation. The study examined the effect of polymicrobial…
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…
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…
Pathogens Contribute to Aortic Aneurysms
When it comes to oral health and cardiovascular disease, there is much research that indicates a significant connection. Oral pathogens have been implicated time and…
Oral Pathogen Impairs Body’s Response to Infection
Many studies in recent years have analyzed the ways in which periodontal pathogens travel through the body and incite an immune response that elevates risk…
Periodontitis: A Trigger for Heart Disease?
Despite advancements in the detection and treatment of cardiovascular events, heart disease remains the number one killer of humans worldwide, claiming over 17 million lives…
Caries Bacteria Linked with Heart Disease
Since the beginning of the oral-systemic health movement, oral health and cardiovascular disease have been linked, though whether or not the relationship is causal has…
6 Ways to Integrate Medical & Dental Care
Physicians may be looking right past their patients’ oral health, and it’s not out of negligence. After all, physicians who left school before 2008 received…
Oral Bacteria Can Take Over Your Immune System
Historically, the mouth was thought to be separate from the rest of the body. Thanks to research over the last 10 years, the medical and…