It was one of the most controversial and most interesting scientific findings that were recently published in some reputable scientific journals like the Journal of Periodontology. A group of Swedish specialists found out that the number of the teeth a person has strictly linked to the person’s chances to have a stroke. Certainly, the less your own teeth you have, the higher risks you have to die of a stroke. This relationship between the risks of a stroke and the number of teeth was found and researched for the first time in history of the humanity.

The studies and experiments lasted for 12 years, and the scientists observed and analyzed the data of more than 7,500 men and women with various dental problems. Most of the participants had periodontal disease, and for the time of the research, 629 participants died, at that 299 of them died of a cardiovascular disease. Despite of the fact that the specialists had to omit other socio-economic factors, they came to a conclusion that the number of own teeth is directly linked to the risks of a stroke.

Anders Holmlund, the leader of the research, comments on the findings as the following: “A person with fewer than 10 of their own teeth has a seven times higher risk for death by coronary heart disease than a person of the same age and of the same sex with more than 25 teeth left.” He says that “The number of natural teeth a person had left could reflect how much chronic inflammation one has been exposed to in a lifetime.”

The specialists comment on the study saying that not the number of the teeth that are left in a person’s mouth, but the number of the teeth lost should be important for estimating the risks of having a stroke. They suppose that the decay and purulence can be absorbed by the blood and get collected in the heart, this way jeopardizing its normal function. In anyway, this subject can spark an interesting public polemic in the future.

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Posted: April 18th, 2010 under Miscellaneous.
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Nowadays, the world’s leading scientists and dental care specialists are trying to analyze possible problems and risks related to dental diseases from all possible angles and points of view. In particular, recently the results of one of the most interesting analytical researches were published in scientific magazines in the US. A group of American specialists from the University of Maryland found out that rich people tend to have dental problems more frequently than the people with average or below average income.

The experiments and interviews lasted for about 9 years, and in the end of the ends it became clear that modern rich women visit their dental care specialists more frequently than less rich ladies. At that, the most common problems that wealthy women have include dental plague and decaying teeth. According to the statistical results of the research, it is estimated that rich women visit their dental specialists approximately 3 times more frequently than other less wealthy women. What could be a reason for this, specialists asked themselves?

Certainly, there could be more than one reason causing this interesting phenomenon, but according to the finding of the study, the most important cause of this difference in dental health between wealthy and less rich women is their nutrition approaches and habits. Dental specialists are convinced that rich women tend to be less careful about their nutrition and, in particular, eat much more of sweet and sugary products than their less wealthy sisters. That is why tooth enamel of wealthy women tends to cause more problems and make those ladies run to the dentists more often. Fortunately, rich women are supposed to have enough money for quite expensive dental care of our times.

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Posted: March 30th, 2010 under Miscellaneous.
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Specialists warn us that millions of people around the world put their health and well-being to risk by placing their toothbrushes in a close proximity to the lavatory which can be a source of thousands of harmful bacteria. When we flush our toilet, those pathogenic bacteria are sprayed around and land on various surfaces located around, including our toothbrushes. That is why it is dangerous to keep the toothbrushes in an opened container.

The scientists say that after flashing, harmful and lethal bacteria can fly up to six feet away from the lavatory. At that, according to the latest statistics, every second toothbrush is kept in less than 40 inches away from the lavatory. This way, thousands of harmful bacteria is found on such brushes, including Candida, streptococcus, ecoli and staphylococci. This situation requires immediate action for the sake of improving dental health of modern people.

This research was carried out by the specialists at Manchester University and the experts from Lloydspharmacy, the Great Britain. Louise Baglole, Oral Health Expert from Lloydspharmacy comments of the findings of her colleagues as the following: “It’s really quite stomach churning to think about what bacteria are present on toothbrushes.” She asks everyone to place the toothbrushes far away from the lavatory and use special closed containers to store toothbrushes in a safer way.

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Posted: March 13th, 2010 under Dental Care for Every Day.
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