Vitamin D and Periodontal Disease

“ An analysis of the literature shows that vitamin D plays a significant role in [...]

GUM DISEASE AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

“… bacterial communities lodged below the gumline may breach the normal barrier between the oral [...]

GUM DISEASE AND UNRESOLVED HYPER-INFLAMMATION

“A growing body of evidence is accumulating supporting the direct and indirect impact of periodontal [...]

UNBALANCED OXIDATION AND GUM DISEASE

“When periodontitis occurs, reactive oxygen species, which are overproduced mostly by hyperactive neutrophils, could not [...]

AGING, AND INFLAMMAGING

“Inflammaging, defined as an age-related increase in the levels of pro-inflammatory markers in blood and [...]

GUM DISEASE AND DYSBIOSIS

“Known since antiquity, periodontitis became prevalent after the domestication of plants and animals in Neolithic [...]

ANTIOXIDANTS AND GUM DISEASE

“Periodontal tissues require adequate levels of antioxidants to prevent tissue damage caused by reactive oxygen [...]

TRIPHALA INHIBITS COLLAGEN BREAKDOWN

“Ayurvedic drugs have been used since ancient times to treat oral diseases including periodontal diseases. [...]

TURMERIC (CURCUMIN) COMPARED TO CHLORHEXIDINE

A study by Kendwal in 2015 compared turmeric (curcumin) to prescription chlorhexidine gel in 60 [...]

WHO GETS GUM DISEASE?

About 5% to 20% of the population suffers from severe, generalized gum disease. For those [...]