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The Heart Disease Link You Didn’t Know About

  • October 18, 2019

You may know that risk factors of heart disease include insulin resistance, Type 2 diabetes and chronic inflammation, but did you know that your teeth might play a role? According to a new study, losing teeth is associated with a higher risk of heart disease. When researchers examined nearly 317,000 American adults between the ages of 40 and 79, they found that 28% of adults who had lost all of their teeth to gum disease also suffered from heart problems. Of those who kept all of their...