Your Teeth Can Affect Your Health

Article 1 - Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body - What's the connection?
This article explores the link between a healthy mouth and a healthy body. Focusing on professional surveys and explanations of gum disease.
www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=49270

Article 2 - Chew On This - The Mouth-Body Connection
What does your mouth say about your health?
www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0675/is_3_19/ai_75085421

Article 3 - The Mouth Body Connection
Information from the American Academy of Periodontology.
www.perio.org/consumer/mbc.top2.htm

Article 4 - Root Canal Treatment
From the American Dental Association. Questions and overview on root canal treatment and how root canal therapy can save a tooth.
www.ada.org/public/topics/root_canal.asp

Article 5 - Periodontal Gum Diseases
From the American Dental Association. How gum tissue diseases can affect your mouth and the rest of your body.
www.ada.org/public/topics/periodontal_diseases.asp

Article 6 - Diabetes and Your Oral Health
From the American Dental Association. What oral health problems can be associated with diabetes?
www.ada.org/public/topics/diabetes_faq.asp

Article 7 - Preventative Antibiotics and Your Dental Treatment
The American Dental Association explains why you sometimes need antibiotic before a dental appointment.
www.ada.org/public/topics/health_oral_faq.asp

Article 8 - Link Found Between Periodontal Disease and Pancreatic Cancer
www.emaxhealth.com/79/9027.html

Article 9 - Poor Oral Health Linked To Pancreatic Cancer
www.post-gazette.com/pg/07023/756128-28.stm

Article 10 - Study Links Gum Disease to Cancer -- How to Prevent Both
Jan. 23, 2007 — A new study linking gum disease to pancreatic cancer is a sober reminder that what goes on the mouth can affect the rest of the body.
abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=2813658

Article 11 - Hanging by a Thread: Flossing Your Teeth Can Save Your Life
Poor dental hygiene can not only destroy the first impression you make, but contrary to what was previously believed, oral hygiene and general health are strongly connected.
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,254513,00.html

Article 12 - Abscess Can Be A Fatal Infection
Just over a week ago, a 12-year-old Prince George's County boy died as a result of complications from a tooth abscess -- a kind of infection that is particularly common among people who do not have access to routine dental care.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/02/AR2007030201618.html?sub=new

A to Z Oral Health Topics
Visit the American Dental Association's website for more Oral Health Information - everything from A to Z!
www.ada.org