Forget about your mouth, and not many people realize how your oral health can effect the rest of your body. Consider a patient with a mouth full of bacteria and disease everyday. Daily, they are swallowing the bacteria that is festering in their mouth. The bacteria flows into your stomach and eventually into your blood stream resulting in:
STROKE, PNEUMONIA, HEART ATTACK, UNCONTROLLED DIABETES, DEATH
The same bacteria that are present in your mouth have been found in the linings of your heart, causing heart attacks. Just like the bacteria are found in your heart, they have been found in your lungs and brain. I recently learned, an old acquaintance died of a heart attack related to dental infection & bacteria. This was a realization that mouth bacteria and infection are important to treat and to use caution while treating. Just as you would keep a nasty cut clean of bacteria, you should keep your mouth clean.
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