Connecting the Dots Between Oral Health and Overall Wellness
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Dr. Chuck isn’t the only one talking about how what goes on in your mouth can affect your overall health. Here are some of the peer-reviewed studies and medical articles he refers to in his podcast and blog:
CLICK HERE to read the United Concordia Dental white paper that Dr. Chuck refers to in “The Dollars and Sense of Dental Care.”
COVID-19
General
Heart
Diabetes
Stroke
Alzheimer's
Pregnancy
Arthritis
COVID-19
- Coronavirus: Could there be a link between oral hygiene and the severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections? Read
General
- Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General (Executive Summary). Read
- Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General (Full Report). Download
- Oral Health Update: Ten Years After the Surgeon General’s Report. Download
- Delta Dental: How Gum Disease Affects Your Health. Read
- Web MD: Dangers of Gum Disease. Watch video
- American Academy of Family Physicians: Oral manifestations of systemic disease. Download
- ScienceDirect: Oral infections and systemic disease—an emerging problem in medicine. Read
- Washington State Department of Health: Oral Diseases and Other Systemic Conditions. Download
- The National Center for Biotechnology Information: Systemic Diseases Caused by Oral Infection. Read
- American Society for Microbiology: Systemic Diseases Caused by Oral Infection. Read
Heart
- Harvard Medical School: Gum disease and heart disease: The common thread. How plaque on your teeth may be connected to plaque in your arteries. Read
- National Institutes of Health: The link between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease: How far we have come in last two decades? Read
- Journal of Periodontology: Role for Periodontal Bacteria in Cardiovascular Diseases. Read
- Science Daily: Connection between mouth bacteria, inflammation in heart disease. Read
- The BMJ Postgraduate Medical Journal: High-risk periodontal pathogens contribute to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Read
Diabetes
- American Diabetes Association: Diabetes and Oral Health Problems. Read
- American Academy of Periodontology: Diabetes and Periodontal Disease. Read
- National Institutes of Health: Periodontitis and diabetes: a two-way relationship. Read
- American Diabetes Association: Diabetes and Periodontal Infection: Making the Connection. Read
- Johns Hopkins Medicine: Diabetes and Periodontal (Gum) Disease. Read
Stroke
- American Heart Association: Oral Bacterial Signatures in Cerebral Thrombi of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Treated With Thrombectomy. Read
- Stroke: A Journal of Cerebral Circulation: Periodontal Disease as a Risk Factor for Ischemic Stroke. Read
- Medscape: More Evidence Links Gum Disease to Stroke Risk. Read
- Saebo: The Hidden Connection Between Gum Disease and Stroke. Read
- National Institutes for Health: Gingivitis and periodontitis as a risk factor for stroke: A case-control study in the Iranian population. Read
- PubMed: Association between periodontal disease and stroke. Read
Alzheimer's
- National Health Institute: Periodontitis and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Possible Comorbidity between Oral Chronic Inflammatory Condition and Neuroinflammation. Read
- Science Daily: Link between gum disease and cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s. Read
- MedicineNet: A Link Between Gum Disease and Alzheimer’s? Read
- Science Alert: The cause of Alzheimer’s could be coming from inside your mouth, study claims. Read
Pregnancy
- American Academy of Periodontology: Expectant Mothers’ Periodontal Health Vital to Health of Her Baby. Read
- Babble: Gum Disease and Complications During Pregnancy. Read
- ScienceDirect: Periodontal disease and pregnancy outcomes: exposure, risk and intervention. Read
- Dentaid: Periodontal disease and pregnancy. Read
- Medical Life Sciences News: Periodontitis and Pregnancy. Read
- Victoria State Government (Australia): Pregnancy and teeth. Read
Arthritis
- BioMed Central: The association between rheumatoid arthritis and periodontal disease. Read
- Arthritis Foundation: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Gum Disease. Read
- Everyday Health: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Gum Disease: What You Need to Know. Read
- National Institutes of Health: Periodontal disease and rheumatoid arthritis: the evidence accumulates for complex pathobiologic interactions. Read
- National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (UK): Gum Disease. Read
- NBC News: Could Gum Disease Cause Rheumatoid Arthritis? Read
- Rheumatology Advisor: Bi-Directional Links Between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Periodontal Disease. Read
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