A beautiful smile contributes to Whole-Body Wellness
The mouth is the gate to the rest of our body. Being healthy is not something easy to be measured, we may have a lots of reports from our physicians, yet we still get stomachaches, headaches, and other irritating pains that suggest an alarm of something wrong is going on in our bodies.
Human body is an interconnected system. Poor oral health is often related to a lot of diseases like diabetes, Alzheimer’s and even cancer. It is proven that fatal heart diseases are highly related to severe oral diseases and infectious gums.
High percentage of diseases such as heart disease, arthritis come from and start from oral diseases. Previously, poor oral health connection to several body diseases was just a theory, but now it is a fact to be highly considered.
Germs and bacteria from infections originating from infected gingival tissues and tooth decay, can so easily transfer to other organs as the lungs, eyes and kidneys, leading to inflammatory reactions.
“Dentin,” is part of the tooth, which is solid yet it is made of tiny tubules which are the channels to the tooth vessels. Any tiny organisms inside these tubules from any oral infection can easily move to the tooth vessels and increase rapidly in number.
Risks of Poor Dental Health
Bacterial infections that grow in your mouth, could easily affect your entire body, and move through it causing lots of Infections and bacterial accumulations in the mouth that can harm your body and move through it causing dangerous medical problems such as lung infection and diabetes and even endanger your pregnancy.
Severe infection in your heart lining, proved high incident when harmful bacteria from your mouth go throughout your dentin, lymph nodes and blood vessels then attach themselves to your heart causing it damage.
Researches revealed that there is a connection between untreated gingival disease and the Alzheimer disease. Also, all cancer patients are asked to remove their necrotic, non-vital teeth, as there was high link between necrotic teeth and cancer. Low-birth weight in babies is a risk factor in pregnancy which have been also linked to oral diseases.
The mouth being an important and integral part of your immune system and not an isolated organ, is closely connected to lots of the organs and any infectious diseases in your mouth can create immunological problems.
KEEPING YOUR MOUTH HEALTHY
- Please do your best to avoid introduction of toxins into your body, using safe dental products authorized by the dental association will be a great option.
- Regular tooth brushing, along with replacing your tooth brush maximum every three month or if it shows any signs of deterioration, and most important is that you replace it if you get sick.
- Use natural and fluoride free toothpaste.
- Anti-septic mouth wash can be used every three months.
- If you smoke or use smokeless tobacco, please consider quitting.
- Regular professional cleanings in the dental clinics.
- Schedule your visits to your physician regularly for evaluation and early diagnosis of any oral disease.
