Periodontal (gum) disease and diabetes are locked in a grim partnership aimed at undermining your health, experts warn.

Professional oral hygiene treatments can help remove plaque ... In some cases, your dentist may prescribe antibiotics to help control or eliminate bacterial infection in your gums. Antibiotic therapy ...

Gum disease is an inflammation of the gums that can progress ... It requires proper dental treatment and improved home care to prevent further damage. Advanced Periodontitis: In this final stage ...

Gum cancer is a rare type of cancer that occurs in your mouth. Early diagnosis is important to treat this cancer, and it may be curable with a combination of surgery and other treatments.

MASTIC GUM MAY help fight off the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria, according to a 2010 study. H. pylori is a common ...

As women go through life, a hormonal ebb and flow creates inflammation that reveals itself, in part, via their gums and salivary glands. While it's impossible to fully prevent these oral changes ...

Periodontal treatments, whether surgical or nonsurgical ... periodontitis and the need for assisted ventilation or the risk ...

Studies have shown that periodontitis may increase thrombosis through systemic inflammation or bacterial transmission and influence platelet function and coagulation. Periodontal treatment may ...

Photo by Deanne Fitzmaurice Because of its prevalence, lack of treatments and impact on the health of other organs, a central focus of oral microbiome research is periodontitis, a serious gum ...

A trailblazing review proposed that poor oral health particularly periodontal disease can cause atherosclerotic ...