[mewzilla]

I can believe this. According to my dentist and some cardiologists I've spoken to there's also a link between bad dental hygiene and heart attacks. Good dental hygiene is important for more reasons that one apparently :)

[Tijeras_Slim]

Well, this just bites.

[Judith Anne]

At the last tooth thread, I remember posting that there is a statistical link between having dentures and living 3 years longer.

This looks like the reason...

[suzyq5558]

Hmmmm what if you wear dentures? do you get a plaque buidup on dentures i wonder? or is it just that these germs are in the mouth all the time and cleansing gets rid of them?

[MadelineZapeezda]

According to my dentist and some cardiologists I've spoken to there's also a link between bad dental hygiene and heart attacks.

This is why those of us with mitral valve prolapses need to be medicated with antibiotics before we go for cleanings/dental work so no bacteria sneaks its way into the heart and causes pericarditis