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Oral Health and Dental Education Posters

10/01/2024

03/12/2022

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03/19/2021

Six years ago, I put together a series of digital research slides for dentists and other oral health care professionals. As I was assembling the materials, I was struck by how much research there was showing the relationship between oral health and systemic health.

I am NOT in any way shape or form, suggesting that stepping up your oral health habits is a way of preventing or resolving health conditions, but it just stands to reason that taking these steps (we are talking a few extra min a day) is a very good thing to do and I have not seen this discussed in an of the medial outlets.

Oral periodontopathic bacteria can be aspirated into the lung causing aspiration pneumonia. The teeth may also
serve as a reservoir for respiratory pathogen colonization.

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL LIFE
Bansal M, Khatri M, Taneja Potential role of periodontal infection in respiratory, 2016

The oral cavity has long been considered a potential reservoir for respiratory pathogens. The mechanisms of infection could be aspiration into the lung of oral pathogens capable of causing pneumonia, colonization of dental plaque by respiratory pathogens followed by aspiration, or facilitation by periodontal pathogens of colonization of the upper airway
by pulmonary pathogens.

JOURNAL OF CANADIAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION
Mojon P. Oral health and respiratory infection
J Can Dent Assoc. 2002 Jun;68(6):340-5

In the event that the integrity of the oral tissues is
compromised, the mouth can become a source of disease or pathological processes affecting other parts of the body.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL
AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH
NIH, Annual Report, 2015

“Oral health has an effect on other chronic diseases.”

WORLD ORAL HEALTH REPORT
Petersen PE. The World Oral Health Report 2003: continuous
improvement of oral health in the 21st century the approach
of the WHO Global Oral Health Programme. Community
Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 2013;32

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