Dental Hygienists Could Save Your Life


	Dental Hygienists Could Save Your Life

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3-21-2007 12:07 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/abd91a83-9d26-48a9-adcd-25c6781bab8c/F4283F40-53F4-46D7-8A35-D7CFCACBD64E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070322_oral_health.html" href="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070322_oral_health.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.livescience.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070322_oral_health.html"><DIV class="topheadline">How Dental Hygienists Could Save Your Life</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070322_oral_health.html"><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN><FONT size="2" face="arial"><FONT face="arial">More than just a pretty
smile, clean teeth and gums are a sign of total body health. And those painful
sessions with the <A href="http://www.livescience.com/othernews/050620_dentist_fear.html">dental
hygienist</A> could save your life, new findings suggest. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070322_oral_health.html"><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN><FONT size="2" face="arial"><FONT face="arial">Most people know that the
tedium of good oral hygiene—regular brushing, flossing and trips to the
dentist's office—reduces  tartar, plaque, cavities, gingivitis and <A href="http://www.livescience.com/history/ap_060615_oldest_dentures.html">bone
loss</A> and helps the breath <A href="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060807_mm_bad_breath.html">smell
like roses</A>.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070322_oral_health.html"><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN><FONT size="2" face="arial"><FONT face="arial">But recent research shows
that diabetes, low birth weight babies and <A href="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/top_10_amazing_heart_facts.html">heart</A>
disease are also linked to gum and bone disease in the mouth that can be
prevented by teeth cleanings. Treating gum disease might even prevent <A href="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/051226_heart_attacks.html">heart
attacks</A>, a new study suggests.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070322_oral_health.html"><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN><FONT size="2" face="arial"><FONT face="arial">"Systemically, visits to
the <A href="http://www.livescience.com/history/060405_neolithic_dentist.html">dentist</A>
and hygienist may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and
possibly heart attack, and can decrease the likelihood of tooth loss for
diabetics," said Gwen Cohen-Brown, a dentist and lecturer for the New York
State Department of Health.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F4283F40-53F4-46D7-8A35-D7CFCACBD64E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>