The Importance of Health and the Mouth
The health of your mouth is inexorably connected to the health of the rest of your body. We believe that understanding this connection more acutely will help our clients to get healthy, stay healthy and keep their beautiful smile intact.
It is true, the mouth can tell a lot about what is happening in the rest of your body.
Most people don’t know that the mouth is a window to your overall health.
For this reason maintaining your oral health and getting regular preventive treatment, is as important in creating a healthy lifestyle as visiting the gym, going for a yearly physical, yoga, running, or taking care of your nutrition.
Links to Other Conditions
There are evidence-based correlations between gum disease and certain medical conditions, such as:
- Cardiovascular disease
- Diabetes
- Pre-term births
- Alzheimer’s disease
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
Your hygienist is part of your overall health care team, and is there to help identify and treat oral health conditions that may be blocking your path to wellness.
At White Summit Dental Hygiene, it is important to us that you are healthy. For this reason, we include an oral examination, head & neck cancer screening, and blood pressure monitoring with every hygiene appointment.
The Body and Mouth Connection [Video]:
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