Significant information is
available to support the
importance of maintaining your
oral health as it does have an
effect on many systemic
diseases. The most common
disease affected by this is
diabetes which has a significant
interrelationship with
periodontal disease. Other
systemic problems include
premature birth of low
birth-weight babies in expectant
mothers who have periodontal
disease. There is also
convincing evidence that heart
disease can be affected to some
degree by long-term inflammatory
periodontal disease. New
information is also being made
available regarding the effect
on periodontal disease and other
respiratory diseases. For more
information regarding these
specific diseases please go to
(www.perio.org)
and click on the information
that you are most interested in
learning about in more detail.
