Posts Tagged dental hygiene

Connecting the dots: your gums, your arteries, and your heart

Posted in Arterial Disease, Atherosclerosis Heart Disease, Awareness, Cardiovascular Sciences, Coronary Artery Disease, Heart and Stroke Awareness, Heart and Stroke Disease, Prevention • Tags: , , ,

Here is another lifestyle tip for 2009: To prevent heart disease, visit your dentist.

Now, you’d ask what does your dental hygiene have to do with your cardiovascular health? Well, it has something to do with two seeming different but apparently related health conditions: periodontal or gum disease and atherosclerosis.

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Posted on January 8, 2009 by Raquel Billiones • There are no comments, hop to it!

Keep your teeth clean, keep your heart healthy

Posted in Awareness, Complications, Healthcare • Tags: , , ,

The purpose of toothbrushing is to clean our teeth. And we do achieve this goal when we perform this routine task 2 to 3 times a day. But what we don’t know is that during toothbrushing, we are also introducing bacteria into our bloodstream, probably through breaks and cuts in our gums.

A recent article in the journal Circulation reported that good dental hygiene is important in the prevention of heart valve infection.

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Posted on July 9, 2008 by Raquel Billiones • There are no comments, hop to it!