Quotes about periodontal (6 Quotes)

This was a surprise to us, since most people assumed that you don't get periodontal problems until you are age 35 or 40. We found it's more prevalent than anyone believed at a much younger age than anyone had thought,

Women planning on getting pregnant should be certain to get their teeth and mouth checked and certainly shouldn't forget about their wisdom teeth, ... No one thought of checking women of this age for periodontal disease because no one would have thought i

We found that when we changed their periodontal condition by treating their periodontal disease, we reduced those markers or indicators of cardiovascular risk.

Part of the reason we were asked to spearhead these trials was that research at UNC and elsewhere showed that the inflammation in the mouth that periodontal infections cause promoted inflammation in other parts of the body,

The basic message here is that people have periodontal problems much earlier than anybody thought, ... Many of us thought there were no problems until patients had symptoms. And nobody looked very hard at people under 35. But younger people -- especially those planning to keep their wisdom teeth -- should be evaluated carefully at 25 or earlier instead of 35.

But for those who have a chronic problem, it can't be explained by periodontal disease, ... Is it something in their saliva The truth is, nobody knows.