So the world smiles with you!
For dental health week this year, the focus is on “how is the mind, body and mouth all connected.” The health of the mouth influences the rest of the body with a range of medical conditions affected by, or affecting, oral health.
Almost half of the Australian population has one or more chronic diseases and yet 70% of people are not aware of the link between their oral health and chronic medical conditions.
Oral diseases are connected to:
Heart Disease & Diabetes
(Body and Mouth) There is a particularly strong link between severe gum disease and conditions like diabetes and heart disease. Bacteria from severe gum disease can spread through the bloodstream contributing to build up within arteries and other blood vessels. Severe gum disease is now considered to be the 6th issue with diabetes. It makes controlling diabetes harder and diabetes will make gum disease worse.
Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
(Body and Mouth) Bacterial changes from gum disease can spread to the placenta leading to possible preterm delivery, pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure) or low birth weight.
Aspiration Pneumonia
(Body and Mouth) Bacteria from the mouth in patients who cannot swallow easily has been inhaled leading to disease in the lungs.
Alzheimer’s Disease
(Body and Mind) Bacteria from severe gum disease has been found in brain plaques that have led to the development of Alzheimer’s disease and decline in memory.
Gut Disease
(Body and Mouth) There is early evidence showing that both diseases make one another worse due to increasing the body’s total inflammation and bacteria from the mouth can travel to the gut that can worsen any gut issues.
Lung conditions including COVID-19
(Body and Mouth) Bacteria from the mouth can be inhaled into the lungs, with the bad bacteria from gum disease leading to worsened conditions in the lung.
Prioritising good oral hygiene helps improve not only the health of your mouth but reduces the effects disease within the mouth may have on other chronic conditions. To maintain good oral health, we encourage everyone to do the following:
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