Posted on 06/20/2022 9:05:29 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
A large study has found that people with a prior heart attack or diabetes are more likely to have gum disease than their healthy counterparts.
"This was an observational study and does not imply causal relationships," said study author Dr. Ida Stødle. "However, the findings raise awareness about the correlations between chronic illnesses which affect large numbers of people. This knowledge may help efforts to prevent these diseases."
Non‐communicable diseases are becoming increasingly common as populations age and there is growing evidence that they are connected. Gum disease, also called periodontitis, affects up to half of all adults worldwide. This study examined whether severe periodontitis was more frequent in individuals with diabetes or a prior heart attack.
The average age of participants was 52 years and 56% were women. A total of 147 (3.0%) participants reported a prior heart attack, 224 (4.5%) stated they had diabetes, 165 (3.3%) had elevated HbA1c (48mmol/mol or above), and 866 (17.6%) had severe periodontitis.
The researchers analyzed whether diabetes, elevated HbA1c, and prior heart attack predicted the likelihood of having severe gum disease. The analyses were adjusted for age, smoking, serum cholesterol, waist circumference and physical activity. The investigators found significant associations between diabetes, elevated HbA1c, prior heart attack and severe gum disease with odds ratios of 1.4, 1.5 and 1.7, respectively.
Dr. Stødle said: "The results show that patients with diabetes were 40% more likely to have severe gum disease than those without diabetes. Participants with high HbA1c were 50% more likely to have severe gum disease than those with HbA1c levels below 48mmol/mol. Finally, heart attack survivors were 70% more likely to have severe gum disease than participants who had never experienced a heart attack."
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Oral bacteria cause disease in other parts of the body besides the gums.
All correlation. People who have bad teeth/gums generally don’t take care of their bodies....thus have more heart disease, cancer, diabetes, COPD, addictions.....and higher mortality.
“This was an observational study and does not imply causal relationships,” said study author Dr. Ida Stødle. “However, the findings raise awareness about the correlations between chronic illnesses which affect large numbers of people. This knowledge may help efforts to prevent these diseases.”
If you have gum problems, you likely have more serious issues.
It's just that simple and that is medially useful and actionable.
This is true.
A well known heart surgeon examined the hearts of many patients and found in 98-99% of them with heart disease, they had bacteriafrom the mouth there causing problems.
Root canals being one of the primary ways harmful mouth bacteria travel down into that area of the body.
“Medically,” that is.
Yep. Have seen dentist trying to scare people into massive treatments for their “”gum disease”” with these scary complications. When it’s not the gum disease that is causing the underlying risk. Just another “”symptom.””
Do note that gum disease is not ruled out as a causative source of at least some of these other issues.
And, yes, you should take care of your gums, especially if they are in poor health.
Not necessarily true what you claim. A lot
of maladies are inherited, passed down from
generations past. Psoriasis has done a
number on my body thru no choice of my
own. It’s claimed my teeth, and any place
from a previous injury. I even have it in
my nasal passages due to a broken nose.
It’s a curse with no cure. Doc’s really
don’t have any way to treat it. Years of
suggested diets, prescriptions, topical
creams, have only temporary reprieve.
They claim stress as a major factor of
outbreaks, but I’m pretty easy going.
A strange disease, as it will disappear
from one area, only to show up someplace
else. And God forbid it attacks your
ears. It forms a scab due to the thin
skin, and a wound that never heals.
Put your heart where your mouth is.
I have spent approximately $20,000 over 20 years on periodontal bills. Quadrant cleaning, root planing, you name it. I’m amazed that I have any teeth at all. But I have most of them and my gums are quite stable these days.
Gum disease also has a correlation to old age cognitive diseases.
In that case, though, it is also possible that personal neglect of dental care - related to cognitive disease - has caused the gum disease in the first place.
Bttt
floss every damn day
Correlation is not causation, so is it that bad gums are a factor in heart attacks & diabetes, or just that people who don’t take care of themselves just tend to have poor general health and more health problems.
This makes it sound like if you are optimal weight, diet, exercise, floss, get your teeth cleaned regularly, and are medically fine and you somehow develop gum disease then... PLOP! you die of a heart attack.
I am not buying it.
It sounds more to me like the same types of people who don’t do anything to maintain their physical health don’t do anything to maintain their oral health either. Correlation, not causation.
But what do I know? I am not a brilliant medical scientist like Fauci and the Covid vaccine makers.
I thought it was the other way around. That severe gum disease caused heart problems.
Bingo!
The use of correlation to imply causation used to be considered the primary marker of junk science. Now, it’s become respectable, at least in public discourse and the media. This shift might be due to the influence of global warming, politicized virology, gender studies and plain old fashioned gaslighting.
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Gum lines are a direct access to the bloodstream. Patients with high dental plaque are shown to also have a very high risk of arterial plague.
Example only...My dad’s mouth was an absolute plaque factory. He died at 69 with 90% plaque blockage of both sides of his heart. His widow removed all her teeth and is alive at 95. Same house. Same diet.
If your gums bleed when brushing, there are a few things happening. You have bacteria in your gums...we all do, but are infected. The bacteria has direct access to your bloodstream.
There are also good studies showing that patients who removed all of their teeth are at a lower risk of heart disease.
Some will simply dismiss these findings by parroting the latest trending claim of “correlation doesn’t price causation”, however, the studies alone show enough evidence that those who push the above claim, either haven’t read the studies, or are simply in denial.
...that is all
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