Your oral health can say a lot about your current systemic health condition, your dentists can determine significant systemic health problems connected to your mouth, like cardiovascular disorders and diabetes basing on your oral health like if you have mouth sores, bad breath and swelling, and bleeding gums?
Here are some health conditions your dentist may find, that may be connected to your oral health
1. Diseases
· Oral cancer is most cases that can be found on the tongue, the rear part of the mouth wherein it starts as a tiny spot and can be ignored by some people which can be seen by your Dentist during an oral checkup.
· Coronary heart diseases in cases when a patient has periodontitis, gums, and tooth decay as we know it are breeding grounds of bacterias that may be able to travel through the oral blood vessels to the heart.
· Sinusitis infections can be caused by tooth infection on the top jaw, meaning the infection may spread to the sinus and cause chronic sinus infections. Also, toothaches may be caused by a sinus infection.
· Dementia and gum disease are also linked according to studies poor oral health contributes to the progression of dementia.
· Osteoporosis can be observed in cases of patients with receding gums, the weakened jawbone causes tooth loss.
· Diabetes, wherein patients manifest oral abscess, bone loss, and chronic gum diseases, which can be usually ignored and left untreated.
2. Eating Disorders
Can be determined by your dentist due to your oral health condition, people with proper eating habits can show healthy teeth and gums, however in people with eating disorders equals poor nutrition, therefore they may have gum bleeding, salivary glands may swell resulting in the chronic dry mouth causing permanent damage to your mouth or teeth due to stomach acids. If detected early these may be avoided.
3. Heavy alcohol consumption can cause dry mouth and cavities due to sugar contents from alcohol, making lack of production of saliva which are neutralizers for acids.
4. In pregnancy a small percentage of tumors in the gums develop gingivitis, making pregnant women need more dental care than usual.
5. Anxiety and stress may cause you to grind your teeth, clench your jaw causing your teeth to break or chip, we all know that stress affects our entire body when we encounter it. Treat yourself from time to time to relax and release the tensions and stresses in life.
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