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Missing teeth associated with blocked arteries

... this method. They also looked for the presence of periodontal disease in these patients. They conclude that the main cause of aortic atherosclerosis is age followed by tooth loss and calcium channel blocker drug use. Plaque build up in major arteries is usually a precursor to heart attacks. Dentists have alwa...

Gum Disease Increases Chances Of Pre-Term Birth

...eks pregnant. The researchers gave them a thorough periodontal examination and categorized their gum status as ei...re are probably 75 studies reporting the impact of periodontal disease on negative health outcomes - renal, cardiologic and now obstetric," said Dr. Raymond P. Whi...

Younger People More Susceptible To Gum Disease

...on dental problems in young people has showed that periodontal disease, characterized by bacteria attacking the g...r time. One quarter of the people in their 20s had periodontal problems with no symptoms, a surprising finding. The participants were also questioned regarding the...

Smokers Avoid Dental Care More Than Others

... the fact that smoking puts them more at risk from periodontal diseases than others.// The finding holds true regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, location and insurance coverage. The study, reported in the latest American Journal of Health Behavior, analyzed data gathered during ...

New Insight In Periodontal Disease In Postmenopausal Women

...hance of losing their teeth if they can keep their periodontal disease at bay. Their research was published in th... the loss of bone and gums. Researchers said that periodontal disease is the major cause of alveolar bone loss in patients who are over the age of 35yrs. Research...

Post-Menopausal Status May Cause Tooth Decay

...ating effects of post menopause on the severity of periodontal disease. Until we know more, postmenopausal women will want to control periodontal disease to significantly reduce their risk of alveolar bone loss and tooth loss."Study conducted bet...

Dental X-ray to predict risk of stroke

...ing radiographs are used to diagnose the extent of periodontal disease, bone infections and certain abnormal growths like cysts and tumors. These images are also used to reveal in great detail the upper and lower teeth along with the part of the jaw as well. The X-ray image also reveals the carotid arteries, as ...

Risks of heart attack related to bacteria in gum plaque

...of Journal of Periodontology, say that people with periodontal disease who have suffered from an acute myocardial...art attack are also the ones whose total number of periodontal bacteria in sub gingival plaques were higher than the rest of the participants of the study. Researc...

Gum inflammation increases the risk of Alzheimer’

...l Conference on Prevention of Dementia held in US, periodontal conditions could affect the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease in people. Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain cells and slowly destroys them. The main symptoms of the disease are decreasing memory, ability to reason, creative abilities and learning ...

Pregnant mothers dental health can lead to pre-term babies

...th weights of the infant do exist. Previously only periodontal pathogens seem to have an effect on the pregnant mother’s health. The results of the study show that not only the bacteria do affect the duration of pregnancy and birth weight; there is no results to show that treatment of these oral infections will ...

Dental Health Can Affect Pregnancy

...he expectant mother. Now a new study suggests that periodontal // inflammations can lead to a condition of preecl... The study links chronic dental inflammation and periodontal infection, together with periodontitis with atherosclerosis to preeclampsia. Such an oral condition ...

Crooked teeth may be due to evolution and overcooked meals

... that had lead to people having so much of gum and periodontal problems, as food particles remain inside our mouth because of their texture. Peter Lucas where he had explored in detail the relationship between food and teeth structure. http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2005/0218gorillateeth.shtml...

Neglected Gum Disease Could Increase Risk Of Heart Attack and Stroke

... higher level of the specific bacteria that causes periodontal disease also had an increased thickness in the car...s associated with the type of bacteria that causes periodontal disease and not with other oral bacteria. Researchers confirmed their finding by assessing the level...

A Simple Blood Test Can Predict Gum Disease

...he general health of patients but may also predict periodontal disease risk. Researchers from Japan studied mor... health of the participants by using the community periodontal index score. CPI represents periodontal disease indicators that relate to the condition. Results o...

Dental Procedure Reduces Preterm Births

...e the risk of preterm birth in pregnant women with periodontal disease, //according to a new study. Researchers ...heir pregnancies and had at least three sites with periodontal attachment loss of three millimeters or greater. Participants received one of three treatments: dent...

Periodontal disease and oral cancer may be linked

...nt from the teeth, an indicator of the presence of periodontal disease. They were then observed for the// presenc...oral cavity. Researchers concluded that those with periodontal disease were four times more likely to have an oral cancer, and twice as likely to have a precancero...

Inflammation may help battle infection in gums

...tioning that inflammation of the gums is a sign of periodontal diseases are now puzzled by a recent research stud...ling infections that are linked to the presence of periodontal bacteria in the blood stream, such as heart disease. This, researchers say, is because PAF promotes ...

Fewer teeth & Increased Ischemic Stroke risk

A study reveals that people who have periodontal disease and lose a lot of teeth are more likely to...ining momentum is that the infection associated to periodontal disease and tooth loss causes inflammation that affects the arteries. Doctors also claim that earli...

Periodontal disease may amass the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes

...tte University School of Dentistry suggest chronic periodontal disease may increase the risk of developing Type 2...ch ties the incidence of diabetes in patients with periodontal disease to the release of bacteria into the bloodstream that triggers a reaction from the immune sys...

Gel pares inflammatory activity throughout body

Treating periodontal infections with an antibiotic gel reduced the pres...gators divided a sample of 100 adults with chronic periodontal disease into four groups, two of which had an antibiotic-infused gel applied to their periodontal po...

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