Welcome back to our blog section, I hope you didn’t miss us too much. We come bearing good news, there is going to be a couple minor changes made to this section of our website. This section will now aim to educate our patients on how to maintain healthy teeth backed by research and evidence-based practices. We will also be exploring factors such as nutrition, age, and the impact of preventative care. Whether you are looking for cavity prevention techniques, or just maintain a pearly white smile, the insights here are grounded by science and are designed to be applied to your everyday life. Let’s get on to our first topic…
The Importance of Oral Health: Why it matters more than you think?
To many, a healthy lifestyle is attributed with eating clean, exercising, and getting enough sleep. The one aspect that is commonly overlooked is oral health. Many people do not realize the extent to which oral health can affect your overall health. No need to bore you with specifics, we will just be outlining a few diseases that are closely associated with poor oral health.
Diabetes (Type 1 and Type 2)
This disease is as insufficient insulin secretion resulting to impaired regulation of blood glucose levels. Poor oral health conditions such as periodontal disease can lead to an increase rate of prevalence of diabetes and in turn negatively impact glycemic control (Fu et al., 2025). Not only that but patient with diabetes exhibit a higher risk of developing caries and root fracture (Fu et al., 2025). All that to say that patients with diabetes mellitus should consider oral health to be a vital component of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Stay tuned for a more in-depth explanation.
Cardiovascular Diseases
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an umbrella term referring to heart failure, ischemic heart disease, stroke and much more … These diseases account for 33% of all global deaths (Fu et al., 2025). Unfortunately, there is a strong association between CVD’s and oral health. For example, the inflammatory environment of an oral cavity releases a group of signaling proteins called cytokines that impair function of certain tissues (endothelial) which contributes to hypertension (Fu et al., 2025). It is crazy how everything in your body is interconnected.
Chronic Respiratory Diseases
These types of diseases restrict or impede the main function of the respiratory system, to facilitate the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, thereby supporting the metabolic activities of the body’s cell. Remember how I said earlier on that everything is interconnected, the oral activity is connected to the respiratory tract, so it is bound to have a stronger correlation. Asthma, for example, exhibit altered salivary flow rates, which causes poorer oral health such as heightened risk of dental caries (Fu et al., 2025). A study conducted in Korea found that oral health problems significantly increase the risk of pneumonia (Son et al., 2020). It was also found that the subjects that frequently brushed their teeth and get regular professional dental cleanings reduce their chances of developing pneumonia (Son et al., 2020).
Alright you guys, I know I have been spewing a bunch of facts your way. My goal here is not to scare you. Unfortunately, dental care is not taken as seriously as it should be. Our goal is to inform you of the effects of poor dental hygiene and oral health. Hopefully this made you open your eyes a little bit on how detrimental poor oral health is to your overall health.
Work cited
Son, M., Jo, S., Lee, J. S., & Lee, D. H. (2020). Association between oral health and incidence of pneumonia: A population-based cohort study from Korea. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 9576. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66312-2
Fu, D., Shu, X., Zhou, G., Ji, M., Liao, G., & Zou, L. (2025). Connection between oral health and chronic diseases. MedComm, 6(1), e70052. https://doi.org/10.1002/mco2.70052
