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The Problem with Periodontal Disease
The word periodontal means around (peri) and tooth (dontal). Tooth decay along with periodontal disease is the most prevalent diseases in the world. It is a chronic infectious inflammation. If the total surface area of loose tissue around your teeth were unwrapped and measured, the area would be about nine square inches; about the size of your forearm. “80% of all adults have had some degree of periodontal disease”, sites the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. However, it’s in the mouth, out-of-sight, so it does not get attention.
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Dental Problems Linked To Breast Cancer
New data conce ing women’s health has linked periodontal disease to breast cancer. This came from a recent study in October 2010 at Huddinge, Sweden by the Department of Dental Medicine, Division of Periodontology, Karolinska Institutet.
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Link Between Periodontal Disease And Kidney Cancer
The kidneys are blood filtering organs placed in the back of our abdomen. Kidneys remove bodily waste by filtering blood and then change it into urine. From our kidneys, urine is carried into the bladder through a tube known as the ureter. Kidney cancer originates in the kidney in two places: the renal tubule and the renal pelvis. There are many types of kidney cancers. These are renal cell carcinomas, transitional cell carcinoma and Wilms’ tumor.r
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Periodontal Disease Association with Endometriosis
There are many links between periodontal disease (perio) and ones general health. More and more information from researchers all over the world comes in daily. Just recently, new studies by the University of Michigan Endometriosis Center reported the possibility that there is an association. Both are immune response impairments. In the study, women with endometriosis had a 57% higher likelihood of having perio issues than those without endometriosis. Over 4000 women were used in the study.
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Periodontal Disease Influencing Psoriasis
From time to time, we may wonder if one disease in the body may cause another disease to crop up. It may seem strange how some seemingly unrelated diseases are linked, but as more and more research is done, we find those links do exist. Take psoriasis, an autoimmune disease (as is rheumatoid arthritis). It has recently been reported that periodontal disease may be linked to it.
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Periodontal Disease – 6 Signs In Identifying Periodontal Disease
Most people are totally unaware that they have periodontal disease. Before major symptoms and pain occurs, this health issue may have already set in.
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Four Times A Year Better Than Two for Osteoporosis
More is not always better, but in the case of professional dental cleanings and menopausal women, visiting the dentist four times a year may assist in keeping bones healthy.
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Dental Problems Are Linked To Other Critical Systemic Diseases
More and more evidence surfaces each year linking periodontal disease and other systemic diseases that are not in the mouth. In the presence of periodontal disease, the risk is much higher in contracting one or more of the other diseases. There are two types of gum disease. Periodontal infection is the advanced stages of gum disease that causes bone loss. The bone loss is irreversible. Gingivitis is the early stage of gum disease and with early detection, treatment and proper oral hygiene can be reversed.
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Putting Toxins In Perspective
Are you one of those people who are rightfully fearful of the pesticides and toxins in and on our food supply? Do you buy organic fruits, vegetables, free-range chickens and cage-free eggs? That's great, BUT how many of you lack good oral hygiene or don't insist on good oral hygiene for your family? Those individuals who neglect or give cursory care to their oral health do not truly understand toxins. They don't realize that the amounts of toxins produced by the bugs in their mouth are doing far more damage to their health and longevity than the pesticides on that organic apple.
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Bad Breath Is Often Caused By Dental Problems
Bacterial plaque, bad breath and dental problems are all directly linked. The anaerobic bacteria that live in the mouth cause bad breath or halitosis, dental decay, periodontal disease and gingivitis. Anaerobic means living in the absence of air. These types of bacteria are mostly the ones that cause disease. Some dental issue definitions are: Bad breath - the odor produced by bacteria living off food particles, each other and dying tissue. Bad breath can also be caused by other more serious health issues.
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Is Dry Mouth More Than Just A Nuisance?
For those with chronic dry mouth (that feeling that there is not enough saliva in the mouth), they know it’s more than a nuisance. The salivary glands are not working properly. Not only does it affect chewing, swallowing, enjoying certain foods, digestion and even speech, it also affects teeth.
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Diabetes – The Link Between Periodontal Disease and Diabetes
Diabetes affects about 24 millio Americans or about 8% of the population. It is a disease that is characterized by high levels of blood sugar caused by malfunctioning insulin production. An insulin resistant individual becomes diabetic when the pancreas can no longer put out sufficient insulin to lower the blood sugar and the organ becomes exhausted.
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