Oral and general health: potential dangers of deep gum disease – BBC News

  • Martha Henriques
  • BBC Future

3 hours ago

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Oral health affects far beyond the mouth, affecting everything from the brain to the heart.

Teeth and gums have a wide range of effects on your health and are linked to Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Crowded teeth, misaligned teeth, cavities and inflamed gums are well known problems with teeth. What makes modern humans unique is that painstaking intervention is required every day to keep our teeth and gums from getting sick.

Oral health is not limited to toothaches and sore gums, it affects everything from our diet to our overall health and can even lead to our risk of death.

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