Your daily routine should include taking care of your oral health. By maintaining good oral health and hygiene you can prevent gum disease, tooth decay and even, in severe cases, bone loss.
Dental studies have revealed some startling new reasons to keep brushing and flossing every day – if your oral health wasn’t enough. There have been suggestions of an association between oral infections such as gum infections and poorly controlled diabetes, cardiovascular disease and preterm labour and birth.
Your mouth is essentially a window into the health of the rest of your body. It can be a helpful vantage point in distinguishing the early signs of systemic disease. If your oral health wasn’t a big enough reason to take good care of your mouth, the relationship between your oral health and overall health should be.