Linking Your Dental Health to Mental Well-being

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What is the Connection Between Your Mental Health and Your Dental Health? The human body is an intricately connected system; it truly is, and the correlation between various aspects of our well-being often transcends individual domains. Chances are probably high that you knew that your physical health and your mental health were connected, right? Usually, […]

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Gum Disease Doubles Stroke Risk

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A new study has found that people with gum disease are around twice as likely to have a stroke. Researchers have discovered when the gums bleed and become inflamed, it leads to changes in how blood and oxygen flows to the brain. Gum disease remains one of the most common health conditions across the United […]

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Gum disease linked to erectile dysfunction

Men who suffer from gum disease are more than twice as likely to suffer from impotence compared to those with health teeth and gums, according to a new study published in the Journal of Periodontology. The first study of its kind that involved a European population examined more than 150 men, and researchers were able to […]

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Failing to brush your teeth properly could accelerate Alzheimer’s

Our research has found a link between gum disease and greater rates of cognitive decline in people with early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease. Periodontitis or gum disease is common in older people and may become more common in Alzheimer’s disease because of a reduced ability to take care of oral hygiene as the disease progresses. Higher levels of antibodies […]

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