The health of your mouth has an incredible influence not only on dental problems but also on your general health. Let’s discuss a few points on how oral health can impact your overall health.
Oral health and systemic diseases:
It is scientifically proven that there is a close correlation between oral health and systemic diseases: they are diseases that involve a large number of organs or that affect the entire organism. The most common examples are rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis, hypertension, and diabetes.
Periodontal pathogenic bacteria (the pardon to is all that surrounds the roots of the teeth: bone and gums mainly) are also the cause of some serious systemic infections: brain abscesses, pulmonary infections, cardiac infections.
These infections occur following the spread of bacteria by the blood or respiratory tract and their subsequent establishment in organs far from the oral cavity where they can generate the pathology.
Compared to healthy subjects, in patients with periodontitis, there are also higher values of circulating neutrophilic granulocytes (the blood cells that fight infections) and systemic inflammatory parameters such as the C-reactive protein (a protein produced by the liver as a response to an external insult).
In short, the correlations between these diseases and poor or neglected oral health are very many.
Other consequences of bad oral health: Periodontitis, caries, poor digestion, halitosis.
Poor oral hygiene causes both an accumulation of microbes in the gingival sulcus, and the formation of tartar (if the bacterial plaque is not removed through classical oral hygiene at home within 12-18 hours, it is calcified starting to produce tartar deposits) you should get the treatment done at nearest dental hospital as soon as possible. Bacterial plaque and tartar are the main causes of periodontitis, an infectious disease that damages the tissues surrounding the tooth (and which ensure its mechanical stability), to the point of causing its fall.
With accumulations of both bacterial plaque and tartar, we will also have halitosis problems, which we often do not even perceive, but which cause discomfort to the people around us. Even the infamous caries is a chronic-degenerative infectious disease; it affects the hard tissues of the tooth and its causes are multiple (multifactorial etiology, in medical language).
Development of caries:
The most important bacterium of caries is Streptococcus mutans, it is present in the oral cavity together with hundreds of other microbial species (mostly normal saprophytes, which feed on decomposing organic substances); this bacterium generates the fermentation of carbohydrates (substantially sugars that abound in a mouth with neglected hygiene) and the consequent formation of acid substances that demineralize the enamel and dentin.
For this reason, we always recommend a diet with low consumption of fermentable sugars: the possibility of decay decreases directly. Subjects who neglect tooth decay or periodontitis, experience tooth loss and, therefore, also problems with poor digestion due to incongruous chewing.
How to maintain your oral health?
Good oral health is the result of:
- Constant prevention
- Proper home hygiene
- Healthy eating habits
The best access to an effective and safe prevention system is a regular check-up at nearest dental hospital that complete your dental health, carried out by specialized medical personnel who with the help of the most advanced technologies (intraoral camera, diagnosis, orthopanoramic, dental scan, three-dimensional radiology and Teeth), draws up a comprehensive and 100% reliable diagnosis and provides you with full evidence and awareness of the state of your mouth.
For access to true prevention at zero cost in your search of a dentist near my location, you need to take a serious, constant and concrete commitment to your dental health suggested by your dentist.
After the Check-Up, the doctor and the hygienist will be able to prescribe you:
- Possible treatments to treat and solve existing problems
- Appropriate home hygiene
- A program of periodic tailored prevention visits
One easy and the best thing to suggest is to conclude the most correct eating habits. Always remember that taking care of your oral health is the first step to maintaining good health for the whole body.
Furthermore, prevention helps you to preserve over time the natural heritage represented by your teeth, protecting you from a dangerous dental problem. You can also visit the nearest dental hospital where you can know the exact treatment of your problem.