Nampa Dental Health Center

If you haven't seen Whoopi's comments on the View about her gum disease, you would do yourself a great service to pay attention to what she says.  Periodontal Disease is infections in the tissues and bone that hold the teeth in your mouth.  It starts very slowly so most of the time you don't even notice it, perhaps until you see bleeding of the gums more particularly when you floss.  It can progress rapidly if not treated to very serious proportions.  The danger lies in the bacteria that cause the gum disease (pyorrhea--an old term) of being carried to other areas of your body.  This bacteria loves your heart, now being very definitely linked by the medical community to heart disease.  The inflammation which occurs begins the processes toward high Blood Pressure, and Heart Disease.  It is also linked to Diabetes.  None of us want Heart Disease.  Red Flags!!!!

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