Posts Tagged ‘oral health and overall health’
Malaysian Dentists Raising Awareness of the Importance of Good Oral Health
Malaysian dentists have joined forces with public health experts to raise awareness of the importance of good oral health during National Dental Health Month, which has been celebrated throughout February. Most people are aware that brushing their teeth helps to keep oral diseases at bay, but many may be unaware that a good oral hygiene […]
Study Suggests Link between Oral Bacteria and Bowel Cancer
A study has further emphasised the importance of good oral hygiene after suggesting a link between oral bacteria and bowel cancer. Researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute in the USA found an abnormally high amount of bacteria normally associated with gum disease in nine individual colorectal tumour samples, suggesting that there […]
Certain Type of Oral Bacteria Help Others to Spread Disease
Recent research has focused on the relationship between gum disease and other serious illnesses and further study has now found how certain types of oral bacteria make a person more susceptible to other strands of bacterium. The research team at Case Western Reserve School of Dental Medicine made the findings, after studying the Fusobacterium nucleatum, […]
