Can Oral Bacteria Give You a Brain Aneurysm?
Bacteria from the mouth might play a significant role in the development of a brain aneurysm, according to research published in Acta Odontologica Scandinavica. In…
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Can Oral Pathogens Cause Cancer?
Chronic oral bacterial infection may be a cause of oral cancer—specifically oral squamous cell carcinoma—according to a study published in the journal Oncotarget. In this…
Oral Pathogens Work Together to Disrupt Immune Response
The oral microbiome contains a diverse range of bacterial species even in the healthiest of situations, so it is not surprising that most oral infections…
Study Shows Periodontal Therapy Improves COPD
In a recent two-year study of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), researchers demonstrated that periodontal therapy was linked with a marked improvement in…
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…
Research Explores Pathogens’ Role in Alzheimer’s Disease
Certain periodontal bacteria can make their way into the brain, according to a recent collaborative study by University of Central Lancastershire and University of Florida…
Do Oral Pathogens Increase Heart Disease Risk?
Research presented in an article in the Journal of the American Society for Microbiology has added another stone to the mountain of research connecting periodontal…
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…