Dental Blogs

Graphene: A Possible New Weapon against Gum Disease

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Gum disease is a cornerstone illness that threatens not just our teeth, but also our kidneys, our heart, and even our life. Combatting gum disease is critical, and it can often be accomplished using antibiotics. But with the growth of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, people are looking for new strategies for controlling gum disease, and it seems that the exciting new material graphene might just be one of them.

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Treating Gum Disease Can Help Control Diabetes

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We’ve talked before about how diabetes can make gum disease worse, and how gum disease can make it harder for you to control your blood sugar levels. What we haven’t really seen before is good evidence that treating gum disease can help you bring your blood sugar levels under control.

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Omega-3 Also Helps Gum Disease

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When we wrote earlier about natural supplements that help gum disease, we weren’t aware of the results of a brand-new study published confirming that another natural supplement may help improve your gum health: Omega-3 fatty acids, particularly the DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) variety has recently been shown to provide substantial improvement in the health of gum tissues.

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Is “Healthy Tooth Tea” Really Healthy for Your Teeth?

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If you wander through your local health foods store or Asian market, you’ll likely come across a section full of teas that claim to provide all kinds of health benefits. There are slimming teas, teas that offer clarity, healing, or caffeine-free energy, and, of course, there are teeth that are supposed to help your oral health. But do these really work?

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Gum Disease Treatment Improves Prostate Health

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One of the biggest questions about gum disease is not just whether it’s linked to the health of the rest of your body (we know it is), but whether treating gum disease actually improves health in these other areas. We’ve seen it for heart disease, and now, it seems, it’s true for prostate health.

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Common Gum Disease and Dementia

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The link between gum disease and other serious maladies is becoming clearer. From cancer to diabetes complications, the importance of overall dental health cannot be overstated. And now a new study is strengthening the link between Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

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Dumb Teeth Tricks from LA Dodgers’ Puig

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First of all, let us congratulate the Los Angeles Dodgers on making the postseason this week with a victory on Wednesday night. However, we were disappointed to see that, among the shenanigans in the locker room after the game, outfielder Yasiel Puig took the opportunity to be a really bad role model and open beer bottles with his teeth.

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