Igor Khabensky | Brooklyn, NY Dentist

Let’s talk about your mouth. You track your blood and your sleep, why not pay attention to your oral cavity. There will come a day when salivary testing will be the standard of care, but in the meantime keep those gums clean and see your hygienist often.

Chronic gum inflammation is a low-grade immune activation with a standing invitation into your circulation. Not once. Daily, for years. And the cardiology literature has been quietly building a case about it for decades.

A new paper this month adds another brick.
Nobody is claiming a cleaning is a statin. Causation is genuinely still being worked out, and I’ll be the first to admit but the research is there.

Oral care is whole body care. Let me know if you guys enjoy the brief literature reviews #oralcare #oralhealth #dentalhygenist #dentalcheckup