by Pride Dental | Nov 18, 2021 | Periodontal health
You might wonder why we blog about gum disease so much. One is that it’s just so common. Most adults have it to one degree or another. (The Standard American Diet has a whole lot to do with that.) Another is that it offers such clear examples of focal... 
by Pride Dental | Sep 2, 2021 | Periodontal health
Gum disease isn’t just a problem affecting the mouth. Science has linked it to a wide range of health problems, from diabetes to cancer, heart disease to Alzheimer’s, hypertension to rheumatoid arthritis One lesser known link was the focus of a study published... 
by Pride Dental | Feb 14, 2019 | Periodontal health
Researchers have increasingly noted that poor oral health appears to be a risk factor for Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia (not to mention other chronic inflammatory conditions). What is unclear is whether gum disease is actually the cause. New research in... 
by Pride Dental | Nov 21, 2018 | Periodontal health
It’s great to see the mainstream catching up to what biological dentistry has long held: Oral conditions can have systemic effects – and vice versa. In fact, Dr. Reinhold Voll – one of the pioneers on the way to biological dentistry – taught that up to 90% of all... 
by Pride Dental | Sep 6, 2018 | Periodontal health
As the evidence linking gum disease to other inflammatory health conditions continues to mount, even conventional dentistry is starting to acknowledge the truth of the mouth-body connection. Cardiovascular disease. Stroke. Diabetes. Alzheimer’s. Rheumatoid arthritis....