Smoking causes almost a third of all gum disease cases in Australia, often resulting in tooth loss, according to latest University of Adelaide research.
Researchers develop a solution of enzymes which can break up and dissolve blobs of gum
Smoking causes almost a third of all gum disease cases in Australia, often resulting in tooth loss, according to latest University of Adelaide research.
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... Science of Food and Agriculture shows that konjac gum and sesame seed extract may offer protection ... showed that sesame seed extract and konjac gum had the greatest number of adhered bacteria, leading ...
... trial, a group of patients chewed sugarless gum three times per day following ... patients," the authors write. "This was also reduced in the chewing gum group by longer than one day; however, this result ...
Chewing gum after abdominal surgery may help in recovery, British researchers found in a review of several small studies.
... Stress levels were lower in participants who chewed gum. Levels of salivary cortisol (a physiological stress ... gum chewers by 67 percent during moderate stress and 109 percent in mild stress ...
... poor dental hygiene and those who don't brush their teeth regularly end up with bleeding gums, which provide an entry to the bloodstream for up to 700 different types of bacteria found in our mouths. ...
Bad teeth, bleeding gums and poor dental hygiene can end up causing heart disease, scientists report.
A study has found that chewing sugarfree gum can be helpful – in a multi-tasking test, people chewing gum performed better, were more alert, and were less anxious.
... about their oral health status, including whether they had ever been diagnosed with periodontal (gum) disease, whether they had ever been treated for periodontal disease, whether they used partial or ...
... and the thickening of the blood vessels associated with atherosclerosis.
"Because many Americans have some form of gum disease, this research can't be brushed aside," said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., ...
... that a protein associated with inflammation is elevated in people at risk for heart disease. But where's the inflammation coming from? A new research study shows that infected gums may be one place.
... by producing proteins or chemicals called inflammatory mediators. Ulcers and open sores in the gums become passageways for these proteins and for the bacteria themselves to enter the body's blood ...
