Today's risk factor - bleeding gums

Brad Sheppard said:

"Six large studies show that people with bleeding gums are
at increased risk for heart attacks. The association holds
for Harvard doctors, army veterans and Pima Indians.
Antibiotics cured the Pima Indians' gum disease and
protected them from heart attacks. People with gum disease
have high blood levels of C-reactive protein, a chemical
that is elevated when a person has an infection and are at
high risk for heart attacks (1)."
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have peridontal disease by all means get it taken care of!

Agree.

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(Brad Sheppard) said:

drmirkin.com8333.htmlOpen ↗ - comment - if you
have peridontal disease by all means get it taken care of!

Your Dental Insurance may not be much help with a $5000
dental bill and that was just for three quadrant's. So try
to plan to use two insurance years!! Half one year than the
other. You may want a break anyway. Please do not let me
scare you as it was not to bad and the result's were well
worth it. Like keeping your teeth let lone helping your
heart and that mysterious immune system.

I went from 6's and 5's to 2's. I hope you do not know what
that mean's!

Please stay in touch with your primary Dentist too.

Crowns and Root canal's and Perio.............Oh My

Bill

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I'm wondering, would reducing your intake of refined
carbohydrates that the oral bacteria love reduce
gingivitis and such?

-Chad

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Quoted message said:

"Six large studies show that people with bleeding gums are
at increased risk for heart attacks. The association holds
for Harvard doctors, army veterans and Pima Indians.
Antibiotics cured the Pima Indians' gum disease and
protected them from heart attacks. People with gum disease
have high blood levels of C-reactive protein, a chemical
that is elevated when a person has an infection and are at
high risk for heart attacks (1)."
drmirkin.com8333.htmlOpen ↗ - comment - if you
have peridontal disease by all means get it taken care of!

"Brad Sheppard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

"Six large studies show that people with bleeding gums are
at increased risk for heart attacks. The association holds
for Harvard doctors, army veterans and Pima Indians.
Antibiotics cured the Pima Indians' gum disease and
protected them from heart attacks. People with gum disease
have high blood levels of C-reactive protein, a chemical
that is elevated when a person has an infection and are at
high risk for heart attacks (1)."
drmirkin.com8333.htmlOpen ↗ - comment - if you
have peridontal disease by all means get it taken care of!

One suggestion, from a perodontist, that helped me and may
help others was to switch from every 6 months cleaning by
the dentist to every 3 months. Also to use the Sonicare
electric toothbrush. I sometimes briefly use a waterpick on
top of that.

Chronic problems have turned into no problems.

Bill

Chad C. said:

I'm wondering, would reducing your intake of refined
carbohydrates that the oral bacteria love reduce
gingivitis and such?

-Chad

Better to brush and floss after each meal and have
regular visits to the dentist for teeth cleaning at least
once a year.

Servant to the humblest person in the universe,

Andrew

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Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist
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drmirkin.com8333.htmlOpen ↗ - comment - if you
have peridontal disease by all means get it taken care of!

I don't think it's cause (bleeding gums) necessitating
effect (cardiovascular disease). Rather maybe it's
correlational with high grain/flour/sugar consumption and
the known and theoretical complications thereof.

-Chad

Certain foods are especailly bad for the teeth - raisins,
for example
- they can get stuck in your teeth. I believe sticky candy
is also bad. Whole grains are no guarantee - they get
also can stuck between your teeth. Chung is right on this
one - floss, brush, etc. I use Arm & Hammer dental care
gum after each meal/snack, floss, use an electic
toothbrush, listerine, toothpicks, and eat no refined
grains. Guess what? I still have tartar and get my teeth
cleaned every 6 months.

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Quoted message said:

I'm wondering, would reducing your intake of refined
carbohydrates that the oral bacteria love reduce
gingivitis and such?

-Chad

"Brad Sheppard" <[email hidden]> wrote in
message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

"Six large studies show that people with bleeding gums
are at increased risk for heart attacks. The association
holds for Harvard doctors, army veterans and Pima
Indians. Antibiotics cured the Pima Indians' gum disease
and protected them from heart attacks. People with gum
disease have high blood levels of C-reactive protein, a
chemical that is elevated when a person has an infection
and are at high risk for heart attacks (1)."
drmirkin.com8333.htmlOpen ↗ - comment - if
you have peridontal disease by all means get it taken
care of!

In article <[email hidden]>,

(Brad Sheppard) said:

Certain foods are especailly bad for the teeth - raisins,
for example
- they can get stuck in your teeth. I believe sticky candy
is also bad. Whole grains are no guarantee - they get
also can stuck between your teeth. Chung is right on
this one - floss, brush, etc. I use Arm & Hammer dental
care gum after each meal/snack, floss, use an electic
toothbrush, listerine, toothpicks, and eat no refined
grains. Guess what? I still have tartar and get my teeth
cleaned every 6 months.

I'm not too sure food's mater that much. Sugars are sugars
and bacteria love sugars. We need sugars to live. Whole
grains help glycemic load though.

Ever hear about being bitten by a human is worse than
an animal?

But wait ...here is a question that effect's almost 50% of
the world's population. What damages these folk's teeth
and gums??

Answer Childbirth. If the child needs calcium mom takes it
from available resources like teeth and bones. Having
children is truly a difficult demanding job.

Bill

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Zone 5 In South Jersey USA Shade Consider all sorts of
music at xpn.orgxpn.orgOpen ↗ "No Progress without contraries"
William Blake.

I heard on a TV program, multiple choice as to which foods
are worst for teeth. Potato chips...they can break off into
small pieces and lodge between gum and tooth.

Using a gum stimulator is a highly recommended practice. I
also buy Butler periodontal brushes for better cleaning
between my teeth. For regular brushing I use a
Sonicare....flakes off plaque at gum line.

OR eon GayMan

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Quoted message said:

Certain foods are especailly bad for the teeth - raisins,
for example
- they can get stuck in your teeth. I believe sticky candy
is also bad. Whole grains are no guarantee - they get
also can stuck between your teeth. Chung is right on
this one - floss, brush, etc. I use Arm & Hammer dental
care gum after each meal/snack, floss, use an electic
toothbrush, listerine, toothpicks, and eat no refined
grains. Guess what? I still have tartar and get my teeth
cleaned every 6 months.

"Chad C." <[email hidden]> wrote in message

news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I'm wondering, would reducing your intake of refined
carbohydrates that the oral bacteria love reduce
gingivitis and such?

-Chad

"Brad Sheppard" <[email hidden]> wrote in
message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

"Six large studies show that people with bleeding gums
are at increased risk for heart attacks. The
association holds for Harvard doctors, army veterans
and Pima Indians. Antibiotics cured the Pima Indians'
gum disease and protected them from heart attacks.
People with gum disease have high blood levels of C-
reactive protein, a chemical that is elevated when a
person has an infection and are at high risk for heart
attacks (1)." drmirkin.com8333.htmlOpen ↗
- comment - if you have peridontal disease by all
means get it taken care of!

I have been taking mega doses of Vitamin C (as per Linus
Pauling)...around 3000mg per day for a artery
blockages...and recently my dentist told me that he had
never seen such pristine gums in his entire dental career.

I used to suffer badly from bleeding gums...but it seems
that I have unwittingly cured the problem, . Liamo "Chad C."
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Quoted message said:

drmirkin.com8333.htmlOpen ↗ - comment - if
you have peridontal disease by all means get it taken
care of!

I don't think it's cause (bleeding gums) necessitating
effect (cardiovascular disease). Rather maybe it's
correlational with high grain/flour/sugar consumption and
the known and theoretical complications thereof.

-Chad

Chad,

You are correct, the evidence is that treating gum disease
doesn't prevent heart disease: "Treating and eliminating
periodontitis does not appear to have any effect on
preventing heart disease, however. Some experts believe that
there is no actual causal relationship, but that common
factors induce inflammation and damage resulting in diseases
in the blood vessels and in the gums. Studies in 2000 and
2001 suggest that the only significant association between
periodontal disease and heart disease is a socioeconomic
one. In the 2000 study, for example, patients who had both
conditions were more likely to be poor, African American,
older, and overweight. They were also more likely to have
other risk factors for heart disease, including smoking and
diabetes." ucdmc.ucdavis.eduaOpen ↗
z/24PeriodontalDisease/doc24severity.html

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Quoted message said:

drmirkin.com8333.htmlOpen ↗ - comment - if
you have peridontal disease by all means get it taken
care of!

I don't think it's cause (bleeding gums) necessitating
effect (cardiovascular disease). Rather maybe it's
correlational with high grain/flour/sugar consumption and
the known and theoretical complications thereof.

-Chad