Posts Tagged ‘oral health issues’
Medications and How they Affect Your Oral Health
Medications are any chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, or prevention of disease. It can also be used as a supplement to enhance a person’s physical or mental well being. Over the course of our lives we will all, most likely, take some form of medication. The medications can just be a simple over the counter pain reliever or something…
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Diabetes affects almost 26 million people in the United States and is a growing problem due to the obesity epidemic. The relationship between a person’s oral health and his/her diabetes is of utmost concern to health care professionals but especially dentists. Patients with Diabetes have an increased risk of oral health issues due to poorly controlled blood sugars.…
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