Dental Hygine Plays Into Overall Health
I visited the dentist yesterday, and he told me that my jaw was misaligned, my teeth had interference points, I have periondontitis. He also explained that periondontitis is choronic and that studies have linked periondontitis to a higher risk of strokes, heart disease, and diabetes.
As long as I can remember my diet has been poor, and my dental hygine has been poor for a while as well. I have got more serious about brushing and flossing the past couple weeks and things already seem to be getting better, but I still have a long way to go with about 14 dental appointments in the next 3 or 4 months.
Hopefully I take this as a wake up call to start living better.