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Carol Forsloff - We hear about stroke, heart disease, and diabetes as leading killers, but there is a slow death that creates serious diseases most people don't even think about, until it is too late.
It's your teeth that's the killer, according to a Richmond dentist.
"What we didn't know about the mouth-body connection before has implications and applications in everyday life for everyone," Charles W. Martin, D.D.S. explains. "What we now know and what we research increasingly shows if the mouth isn't healthy, the body won't be either. People need to hear that message."
But do they? Instead many people fear the dentist and put off going, because it doesn't seem that important. Dental disease, however, as Dr. Martin points out can lead to other diseases; and the end result is it can be the trigger that sends the bullet and kills.
According to Dr. Martin research demonstrates how gum disease can contribute to many other systemic problems, and that includes heart disease, stroke and cancer. Having gum disease can also increase a woman's chances of delivering a pre-term, low-weight baby.
The complications for diabetes can be problems with the teeth, and this is one of the areas doctors observe should be given attention in the care recommended for diabetics.
Dental check-ups, as Dr. Martin underlines, are recommended more frequently than physicals, dentists are often the first to notice early warning signs of serious health problems.
Dr. Martin has written a book in which he expands upon these issues called Are Your Teeth Killing You. It explains why the mouth, particularly under the gums, is the perfect bacteria breeding ground and how the bacteria multiplying there can have devastating effects on the body. The result is chronic systemic inflammation, a concept emerging rapidly at the forefront of medicine.
National health organizations like the National Institutes of Health recognize the importance of good dental care and reports that gum disease affects up to 80% of adults in the U.S.
"Unfortunately, far too many people are unaware of the damage they're causing their bodies by neglecting their oral health.," Dr. Martin says. It is why he stresses the link between oral health, systemic inflammation and whole body health.
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