Low Birth Weight Risk Higher for Moms with Perio
A pregnant woman with periodontal disease is at a significantly higher risk of delivering a low birth weight baby, according to a new study in…
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Do Oral Bacteria Affect Risk for Preeclampsia?
Pregnant women are champions for the health of their babies. They change their diet and lifestyle to protect the growing life inside them. But new…
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 Found in Healthy Placentas
It has long been thought that the placenta was a major barrier safeguarding unborn babies from bacteria as they develop. However, a research team from…
Good Dental Hygiene Can Improve Overall Health
Good dental hygiene can improve overall health (via Education Post) We know the basic rules of good dental hygiene: daily brushing, frequent flossing and regular…
Oral Bacterium Helps Colorectal Cancer Grow
Yiping Han, PhD, a researcher at Case Western Reserve University who has already made groundbreaking progress on the relationship between periodontal bacteria and pre-term births…