Study Shows: Treating Periodontal Disease Freshens Breath

A recent study claims that treating periodontal disease not only makes you healthier, but also freshens your breath.
The study, performed by Japanese researchers, involved 102 people with periodontal disease.  Everyone involved in the study had bad breath (halitosis.)

"Dentists used a device that measured their levels of three chemicals that commonly cause bad breath.

There are a lot of reasons for halitosis. Including:

Periodontal Disease and Heart-related Risks

A large Korean study that involved more than 7,000 adults unveiled that periodontal disease is linked with a metabolic syndrome.  These conditions put people at risk for diabetes, heart disease as well as other health problems.

The Korean researchers used information from the fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

People are diagnosed with a metabolic syndrome if they have three or more of the following:

Obesity Leads to Poor Oral Health

According to a recent study by the British Dental Health Foundation, "Poor oral health has joined the list of knock-on effects of obesity."

Just a few years ago, 1.5 billion adults (ages 20 and older,) were overweight, of that number, over 200 million men and about 300 million women were obese.  Periodontal pockets are food and plaque traps that irritate and decay teeth to the point that the tooth will finally fall out.