7/31/2013

Recurrent periodontitis easy to stomach





Recurrent periodontitis easy to stomach
Oral health refers not only to a toothache, it should be more common periodontal disease. Periodontitis is a common oral disease, it is not only the leading cause of tooth loss causes, if not effectively treated, but also easily lead to stomach repeatedly.
Oral health status is a mirror of life and health, the World Health Organization has put human health, oral health as one of the top ten criteria. Experts say that, in fact, refers not only to oral health toothache, should be more common periodontal disease. Periodontitis is a common oral disease, it is not only the leading cause of tooth loss causes, if not effectively treated, but also easily lead to stomach repeatedly.

Tooth loss is a risk factor for acute myocardial infarction

Life, many elderly people will not immediately after missing teeth inlaid dentures, they are mistaken tooth is inevitable process of human aging, no special attention. Little do they know that the teeth missing indifferent not only affect the elderly chewing and pronunciation, but also may lead to atherosclerosis and acute myocardial infarction.

"Periodontitis generally violated multiple teeth, teeth with periodontal pocket wall is inflammation of ulcers, with a total area of ​​up to tens of square centimeters, nearly an adult palm-sized." Experts, pathogens and periodontal pockets its metabolites produced by toxic substances can enter the body with the blood circulation in all parts, or spread to nearby organs, cause or aggravate certain systemic diseases. Periodontitis involving multiple teeth, infected area, microorganisms and toxins easily into the blood and lymph, about 8% of infective endocarditis related with periodontal disease, periodontitis, tooth reducing the number has been established as arterial sclerosis and acute myocardial infarction is an independent risk factor.

Periodontitis make repeated stomach

Periodontal disease periodontal tissue will become bacteria and inflammatory mediators storage warehouses, inhalation of oropharyngeal bacteria can easily cause acquired pneumonia, chronic bronchitis and severe emphysema. Helicobacter pylori chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer is an important pathogenic factor, and is closely related with gastric cancer, and periodontal disease plaque contains H. pylori was significantly higher than the normal population. Clinically, many patients suffering from periodontitis stomach, be alleviated by treatment of stomach, but periodontitis has not been effectively controlled, eating, swallowing saliva with oral bacteria into the digestive tract, causing stomach infection, stomach recurrent and permanently.

A bad tooth so that the body was "injured"

Experts, periodontal disease is also one of the complications of diabetes, when blood sugar continued to increase, the periodontal disease has continued to increase, while the chronic inflammatory periodontal status will promote as a stress hyperglycemia, the condition is difficult to control. Mother periodontal disease also affects infants, pathogen infection through blood and amniotic fluid, placenta, easily lead to premature birth. Meanwhile, periodontal disease and stroke and rheumatoid arthritis also close. Helicobacter pylori is a chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer, gastric pathogen. Dental plaque is a Helicobacter pylori "reservoir" in the plaque and saliva can check out the Helicobacter pylori. Especially in patients with periodontitis lesion - periodontal pockets of subgingival plaque, Helicobacter pylori detection rate was significantly higher than periodontal healthy.

Periodontitis treatment can not once and for all

To prevent periodontal disease, oral specialist should first be carried out to the system for treatment of periodontal (include: cleaning, curettage, drugs and surgical treatment). Sooner or later have to develop effective brushing, mouthwash after meals habits, to the proper use of dental floss, toothpicks and interdental brushes. After treatment of periodontal system to regularly review (3 months or so) to make the necessary replacement therapy. Experts stressed that periodontitis is an easy recurrent disease, treatment can not once and for all, to lifelong maintenance, the patient's cooperation and self-maintenance is very important, only the joint efforts of both doctors and patients, in order to effectively control and prevention of periodontal disease .