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Periodontal Disease and Systemic Disease
Dealing with Gum Disease: A Life threatening Health Risk
Information from the American Dental Hygienists’ Association
www.adha.org/downloads/2001_NDHM_poster.pdf |
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Total Health Starts with Your Smile
An
informational flyer from the California Dental Hygienists’
Association |
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Links Between Oral Health and General Health
The Mouth as an Early Warning System
Fact sheet from the Center for Disease Control outlining
the risk factors between oral infections and general health
www.cdc.gov/oralHealth/factsheets/sgr2000-fs4.htm |
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Poor Oral Health Associated with Coronary Heart Disease
Journal Report from the American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3019173 |
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Dental Care and Heart Disease
Recommendations from the American Heart Association for individuals
with prosthetic heart valves, a previous history of bacterial
endocarditis and congenital and acquired heart defects
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4548 |
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The Mouth Body Connection
Brochure on the link between oral health and total health from
the American Academy of Periodontology
http://www.perio.org/consumer/mbc.top2.htm |
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Diabetes
Want some life saving advice?
Ask your dental hygienist about the signs and symptoms of
diabetes.
Fact sheet from the American Dental Hygienists’ Association
on diabetes and oral health
www.adha.org/downloads/diabetes.pdf
'Control
the ABCs of Diabetes' poster (123k pdf file) |
