Gum Disease Linked to Many Diseases

Dec. 10, 2009 - PRLog -- Bleeding gums may indicate more than a dental health problem: current research links gum disease to heart attacks, strokes, low birth weight babies, pancreatic cancer, type II diabetes, respiratory disease, and systemic inflammations and bad breath (Halitosis)

The link between gum disease and potential health problems is highlighted by the fact that 85 percent of adults in the US have some form of gum problems, ranging from gingivitis with bad breath and red, puffy, or bleeding gums to severe periodontal disease leading to tooth loss. In fact, gum disease is the leading cause of tooth loss.

Treating gum disease has been historically difficult with homecare remedies because the bacteria that cause this disease are hidden and protected beneath the gum line and create pockets that are hard to penetrate with regular brushing and flossing.

Getting medications to the source of the infection is nearly impossible without professional help.  
Now, however, antimicrobial agents can be delivered to the source of the gum infection with a simple, affordable and comfortable homecare system, known as the Perio Protect Method™.

With this method patients can deliver antimicrobial agents to the gum tissue at home and hold them there long enough to eradicate the bacteria causing the disease.

The Calabasas Dental Institute ™ founder Dr. Greg Rubin DDS knows the benefits of Perio Protect® first hand.

“I have had amazing results with the Perio Protect System! My personal patients have seen pocket reductions from 8 to 2mm.”

An 8 mm pocket (the area around the tooth that gets infected) indicates that a patient has severe gum disease. 1-2 mm pockets are within normal range. Continual use of the non-invasive method that patients follow at home maintains healthy gum tissue and keeps the disease at bay.  

The Perio Protect corporation recently interviewed Dr. Rubin to find out how he was implementing the treatment because he is one of the top experts in the greater Los Angeles and Ventura county areas who has personally seen the benefits of Perio Protect.

With control over the bacteria in the gum tissue, Dr Rubin’s patients , like tens of thousands across the U.S. and Canada, can protect their teeth and may also have a new way to protect their general health.

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