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Medical Forum / General / Cardiology / December 2008Simple dental workup reverses atherosclerotic lesions
*Simple dental workup reverses atherosclerotic lesions* December 19, 2008 | Lisa Nainggolan Milan, Italy - For the first time, researchers have shown that treating mild to moderate gum disease in otherwise-healthy volunteers improves endothelial dysfunction and significantly reduces carotid intima media thickness (IMT), as measured by echo Doppler [1]. The report, by Dr Stefania Piconi (Hospital Luigi Sacco, Milan, Italy) and colleagues, was published online December 12, 2008 in the FASEB Journal, the publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. "The novelty of this study is that this is the first physical evidence that you can reverse a lesion that is already growing in the intima by doing something as simple as taking care of your gums," immunologist and senior author Dr Mario Clerici (University of Milan, Italy) told Heartwire. Read the full article at Heartwire: http://www.theheart.org/article/930113.do  SignatureJuhana Ravintoblogini: http://ruohikolla.blogspot.com/ > *Simple dental workup reverses atherosclerotic lesions* > December 19, 2008 | Lisa Nainggolan [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Read the full article at Heartwire: > http://www.theheart.org/article/930113.do Here is older dental health info. <http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/microbiology/17089> "Researchers from the University of Buffalo Dental School used data from 11,198 subjects in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) conducted from 1988-94. When they looked at the data they discovered that people with gum disease (periodontal disease) were more likely to have high glucose levels in their blood stream. This relationship was not affected by age, gender, body-mass index (a measure of obesity) or smoking. When I first read this I said to myself, "No way, this can't be true." However, the researchers did mention that people with bacterial infections have higher glucose levels in their blood stream. In fact, diabetics glucose levels will oftentimes go very high even with insulin therapy during a bacterial infection. People with periodontal disease are constantly shedding bacteria from their mouth into their blood stream. This chronic low level of infection might explain why people with severe periodontal disease are more likely to have high glucose levels in their blood stream." Happy New Year! Bill SignatureGarden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA >> Simple dental workup reverses atherosclerotic lesions >> December 19, 2008 | Lisa Nainggolan [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > infection might explain why people with severe periodontal disease > are more likely to have high glucose levels in their blood stream." Thank you, this was interesting additional information. But could it also be otherway round that people with high glucose levels develop infections more easily? > Happy New Year! > > Bill Happy New Year to you too, and to everyone in these groups! SignatureJuhana Ravintoblogini: http://ruohikolla.blogspot.com/ |
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