Heart disease is the leadingkiller of men and women in the United States and in Europe. British researchers studied nearly 12,000 adults in Scotland found that those who don’t brush their teeth twice a day have a 70% increased risk of heart disease compared to those who brush twice a day. Bleeding, red puffy gums […]
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Dr. Oz & Dr. Roizen, the “You Docs”, write about recent research that indicates gum disease is a major risk factor for Alzheimer’s & memory problems. Read their article here. Our hygienists, Talia, Charity, and Melissa, have helped hundreds of people treat their periodontal disease and gum disease. People who treat their periodontal disease not only keep
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Earlier this month, National Public Radio featured the story “As Our Skin Sags with Age, So Do Our Bones.” One of the most important elements in keeping facial bone definition is to keep your natural teeth! David Hunt, a physical anthropologist at the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum in Washington, D.C., was interviewed for the story.
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We see pierced tongues and the damage the metal stud does to teeth. The metal chips teeth. One of our patient’s teeth has been fixed twice, and he still continues wearing the stud, and chipping his teeth. In the October 5, 2009 Sports Illustrated issue is an article on NBA player Chris Anderson, of the
Men with a history of bone loss due to periodontal disease run a higher risk of having a stroke, according to a study in the Annals of Neurology (May 28, 2009). The researchers analyzed data from 1,137 men in the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study, an ongoing study that began in the 1960s with healthy
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