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Who, What, Where, Why, When & How is always a good start.
Perhaps you are reading this because you have a “Why”. Why do I feel tired? Why do I feel irritable? Why do I get an upset stomach? Why do I seem to suffer some form of IBS or Irritable Bowl Syndrome? Why do I keep getting sick? Why do I have ‘Yellow Teeth & Bad Breath?’ Or, I am worried about someone else.
So, let us be Inspector Clouseau and discover what it is that we need to know, if we don’t already know what we do not know to misquote Donald Rumsfeld.
Who are we talking about? Are they fit, fat jolly or sad? Do they exercise a lot, not much or not at all? Do they eat healthily or unhealthily? Are they stressed or unstressed, are they responsible or irresponsible. Are they receptive to change or stuck in their ways. All of the questions and answers will help to distill, in your mind and that of others, a framework for action.
What happened for a person to get the point where he or she is seeking advice? Probably a niggling challenge and one we could deal with today is yellow teeth and bad breath.
Most people associate yellow or stained teeth and bad breath with smoking, possibly combined with drinking alcohol and poor dental hygiene. These are probably contributing factors but it may not be the whole story. Your mouth is swarming with bacteria and just like in the gut, there is good and bad.
We need to encourage the good so, that they displace the bad. You can think of it as a Robin Hood action. Feared by the bad, loved by the good, Robin Probiotic Hood.
Perhaps the most obvious way to control the harmful bacteria is to brush our teeth after meals or, if this is not practical, at least twice per day together with flossing in between the teeth. A tongue scraper is a good idea too.
Since current estimates report that 50-75% of all Americans have gum disease to a greater or lesser extent, it is possibly true for other countries as well. Our oral hygiene is not what it should be and the bad bacteria are multiplying like crazy and taking over our mouths.
The result of harmful bacteria overgrowth is gum disease which, comes in two main flavours: Gingivitis and Periodontitis.
Gingivitis is the precursor of Periodontitis where the symptoms are swollen or bleeding gums which, if left unchecked, will turn into the more serious Periodontitis.
Periodontitis or pyorrhoea is a set of inflammatory diseases affecting the periodontium, i.e., the tissues that surround and support the teeth. Periodontitis involves progressive loss of the alveolar bone around the teeth, and if left untreated, can lead to the loosening and subsequent loss of teeth.
Periodontitis is caused by microorganisms that adhere to and grow on the tooth’s surfaces, along with an overly aggressive immune response against these microorganisms. A diagnosis of periodontitis is established by inspecting the soft gum tissues around the teeth with a probe and by evaluating the patient’s x-ray films to determine the amount of bone loss around the teeth.
This radiograph shows significant bone loss between the two roots of a tooth (black region). The spongy bone has receded due to infection under tooth, reducing the bony support for the tooth.
Apart from your teeth falling out, there is another more pressing reason why we should care about Gingivitis and Periodontitis and that is that the harmful bacteria associated with these conditions can get into your heart via your bloodstream. It may increase your risk of coronary heart disease or lead to endocarditis which, is an infection of the inner lining of the heart that can damage or destroy your heart valves.
No less so with pregnant women who can pass this destructive bacteria originating in their mouths through the placenta and quite possibly, lead to premature birth.
What to do? See your dentist and make sure that you do not have the onset of Gingivitis or Periodontitis. Follow your dentist’s advice with regard to thoroughly cleaning your teeth every day and seek out lifestyle and dietary changes that can prevent the build up of acidity in your body which fosters nasty surprises down the road.
In the same way that probiotics encourage the proliferation of ‘Good’ bacteria in your gut, using probiotics directly in the mouth will do the same thing. This is not a recommendation but it is what the author does. He breaks open a probiotic beadlet and squeezes it on his toothbrush and thoroughly massages his gums.
Research has shown that an ideal combination of bacteria for good oral health and prevention of plaque forming in your heart valves is are derived from Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium genera.
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