... averaging fewer than one. Eating more whole grains helps stabilize blood sugar levels, which has been shown to reduce periodontitis in diabetics...

Periodontitis—A process causing the destruction of the ligaments and bone supporting the teeth, potentially leading to the loss of teeth...

... heart disease has been discovered by German scientists. The association between periodontitis... periodontitis, and a group of 1,097 CHD patients who had already had a heart attack...

This is periodontitis. Eventually, periodontitis may cause your gums to pull away from your teeth and your teeth to loosen and even fall out. Periodontitis tends to be more severe among...

... to suffer from periodontitis, a gum disease that's more common as you get older. Working out may thwart periodontitis the same way it does heart disease—by lowering levels of...

When gingivitis is not treated, it can advance to periodontitis, characterized by the gums... teeth in place. If periodontitis isn't treated, the bones, gums and connective tissue that...

... periodontitis, may affect as many as 30 percent. Regardless of severity, gum problems can be... intensive treatment for severe periodontitis, compared with those who had only basic plaque...

and chlamydia, periodontitis (gum disease), and others. Doxycycline is also used to treat blemishes, bumps, and acne-like lesions by rosacea...

FRIDAY, April 3 (HealthDay News) -- Good dental health may help prevent AIDS, say Japanese researchers. The link, they say, could be periodontal, or gum, disease. The researchers found that...

>Gum diseases include a mild form called gingivitis, in which gums bleed easily. But that can progress to periodontitis, in which bacteria in the plaque irritate the gums and provoke an...