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In the elderly population poor oral health has been considered a risk factor for general health problems. Older adults are more susceptible to oral conditions or diseases due to an increase in chronic conditions and physical/mental disabilities.
When it comes to maintaining your health, you may be overlooking one of the most important parts of your body: your mouth. Gum disease is the most common oral disease, with studies estimating that ...
Poor oral health may contribute to declines in brain health and increased risk for stroke, study finds. Experts explain how your mouth affects overall health. Your oral health could be putting you ...
In fact, as many as 35% of people with IBD have some kind of oral manifestation of the condition, such as canker sores, the gum disease gingivitis, cavities, and angular cheilitis, which causes ...
Poor dental health has been associated with heart disease and shortened life expectancy. [9] [10] [11] Many serious problems result from not maintaining proper oral hygiene. Not brushing teeth causes harmful bacteria to build up on teeth and gums. [12] Bacteria growing in the mouth can infect the gums and then can travel into blood vessels.
There are many specific diseases of the gastrointestinal tract which have an impact on oral health. Systemic disease can affect the upper GI tract such as dysphagia, dysmotility, gastro-oesophageal reflux and peptic ulcer disease; or lower in the tract such as coeliac disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous ...
Like many noncommunicable diseases—including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer—oral conditions are chronic and strongly correlate to historically underserved populations such as ...
Neoplastic disease; Chronic rheumatic heart disease, which is an autoimmune response to repeated Streptococcus pyogenes infection (mostly in the developing world) Age-related degenerative valvular lesions; Congenital heart valve abnormalities; Hemodialysis, a medical procedure that filters the blood of individuals with kidney failure; Poor oral ...