Brushing your teeth could prevent heart disease
Taking care of your gums by brushing, flossing, and regular dental visits could help hold heart disease at bay. Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health have shown for the first time that as gum health improves, progression of atherosclerosis slows to a clinically significant degree. Findings appear online in the Journal of the American Heart Association.Yes, well your experiment does not clarify how those people with periodontal disease improved their condition. The standard treatment of acute periodontitis is chlorhexidine rinse and antibiotics, NOT brushing and flossing, which are clearly inadequate given the amount of atherosclerosis and dental pathology in this country.
Nice try, AHA and ADA. SSDD.
