Your Mouth: A Hotbed Of Hazards
Scrupulous dental Scrupulous dental habits will reward you habits will reward with a brighter smile. you a brightBut thewith benefits of regusmile. But larerbrushing andthe flossbenefits of regular ing go way beyond the brushing and obvious. What happens go way inflossing your mouth is irrebeyond the obvifutably linked to your ous. What hapmouth immune system pens inoverall your health. and your
mouth is linked to your overall health.
Skeptical? You’re not the only
Gum disease is caused by
one. Almost 20 years passed
plaque, the sticky substance
between the first research on
that is also responsible for
the connection and its accep-
tooth decay. When
tance by the scientific commu-
plaque-forming bacteria work
nity. But since then, several
their way below the gum line,
studies have confirmed that a
gum disease starts to develop.
number of illnesses are related
Psychological stress can
to gum diseases (also called
accelerate its progression by
periodontal disease ), the most
triggering the release of
common chronic disease in
hormones that help bacteria
the world, affecting 80 percent
thrive. Until it becomes severe,
of adults at some time or
gum disease may have no
another.
obvious symptoms. In time, it can cause bad breath, loose
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