Toothy Grins

Covid-19 And Gum Disease - Is There A Relationship

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Interesting Info On Gum Disease and Covid-19   Researchers have, for many years, noticed a relationship between gum disease and heart disease, lung disease, diabetes and a number of other illnesses.      Farmers have always known that the health of livestock is reflected in their mouths.  Hence, the saying, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth".      Now, The Journal of Clinical Periodontology has published an article indicating that there is a relationship between gum disease and Covid-19 in the sense of higher risk of ICU admission, ventilator need and death.     You can read more here:  https://www.theepochtimes.com/patients-with-gum-disease-9-times-more-likely-to-die-from-covid-19-study_3691940.html   As you...

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Diet And Your Dental Health

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Diet may have a lot more to do with your dental health than you may have previously thought.  I have a few resources on this, but let me explain with a couple of generalized concepts.     One piece of information I came across said something like this:  Sugar may be a problem in fueling the bacteria in your mouth, but the theory is that this is not the MAIN problem with sugar.     It has been theorized that sugar may cause a disruption of the calcium / phosphate balance in the blood.  It is believed that this disruption prevents your...

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Why The HydroFloss Is Important To Your Dental Health

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Why The HydroFloss Is Important To Your Dental Health
The HydroFloss may be one of the most powerful tools that you can employ in your own personal home dental health routine.

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