Drinking Coffee Has Been Found To Ward Off Gum Disease
Researchers have found that drinking coffee can slightly help to reduce the risk of gum disease.
A new study carried out by various researchers residing at Boston University, within the Henry Goldman’s School of Dental Medicine(SDM) found that drinking coffee can help to prevent gum disease. The team also revealed that their studies showed that drinking coffee did not have adverse consequences for periodontal health.
Lead author of the study, Nathan Ng, claimed that consuming coffee on a regular basis had a statistically if small reduction in the number of teeth affected by bone loss. The study has been published in the August edition of the Journal of Periodontology.
The study involved a group of adult males and concluded that drinking coffee can help to protect against periodontal bone loss in this demographic. Researchers analysed data from up to 1,152 people who were aged between 26 and 84 years of age which had been collected for the use of the US Department of Veterans – Affairs Dental Longitudinal Study. This is the first long-term study into the possible periodontal implications of coffee consumption.
Ninety-eight per cent of participants were white, non-Hispanic and researchers took additional factors, such as alcohol consumption, smoking, body mass index, general health and oral hygiene habits, into account when analysing the results.
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