Treatment for gum disease could also help the heart. One of the first clinical trials to demonstrate that an intensive treatment for periodontitis (gum disease) directly improves the health of blood vessels.
This study, reported in the latest edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, may have relevance for the prevention of heart attacks and stroke.
Periodontitis is a common inflammatory disease of the gums, affecting up to 40 per cent of the world's adult population. It is a bacterial infection of the tissue that supports the teeth in the mouth. If untreated, it can cause progressive bone loss around the teeth, and eventual tooth loss.
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Treatment for gum disease could also help the heart
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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