Dental Health Magazine Dental Health Digital Issue | Page 17

Issue #5, March 2017 Take Care of Your Teeth and They’ll Take Care of You Bad dental hygiene isnt just bad for your teeth; it can harm your entire body. Most people already have chronic gingivitis by the time they’re children, so keep flossing and brushing to prevent the onset of these 14-bad-dental-hygiene-induced ailments. POSSIBLE AFFECTS OF: Gum Disease Gingivitis Tooth Abscesses 1. HEART DISEASE 5. RESPIRATORY DISEASE 9. BRAIN ABSCESS 12. FACIAL CELLULITIS Includes conditions such as coronary heart disease, congenital heart disease, heart attack, and congestive heart failure Includes disoders affecting the lungs, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, infections, lung cancer, and many other breathing problems A collection of immune cells, pus, and other material in the brain, usually from a bacterial or fungal infection A bacterial skin infection on the face. 2. CLOGGED ARTERIES 6. SEVERE GUM DISEASE A build-up of plaque on the-inner walls of the arteries. Arterial plaque reduces blood flow or can block it altogether. An infection of the tissues and bones that surround and support the teeth 3. STROKE 7. LUDWIG’S ANGINA A stoppage of blood flow to the brain, causing brain tissue to die. 4. TOOTH LOSS The loss of teeth due to gum disease and tooth decay A bacterial infection of the floor of the mouth. 8. ENDOCARDITIS An inflammation of your heart’s inner lining. 10. MEDIASTINITIS An inflammation of the mediastinum. This is the area that contains the heart, large blood vessels, windpipe, esophagus, thymus gland, lymph nodes, and connective tissues. 11. OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE JAW An acute or chronic infection of the jaw bone 13. PNEUMONIA An inflammation of the lung that involves fluid filling the air sacs 14. SEPSIS An overactive immune response to an infection that results in the formation of blood clots that block the flow of blood to vital organs SOURCE: GOOGLE HEALTH; MEDICINE PLUS; WEBMO 17