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The connection between gum disease and heart health starts with inflammation. Inflammation is the body’s natural response to ...
"These results suggest that obesity, rather than overweight, is associated with increased gingival inflammation," wrote the authors, led by Luiz Alexandre Chisini of the Federal University of Pelotas ...
It tends to build up on the surface of teeth, and can creep below the gum line fostering inflammation. Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Around the fourth century BCE ...