X-Message-Number: 17227 From: Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 14:54:09 EDT Subject: Re: Periodontal Disease --part1_ad.e96b23c.28a2e4d1_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/8/01 2:03:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time, writes: > And I understand that periodontal disease > is an indicator of decreased longevity in > general.So far,I have avoided it,but I'm > getting more nervous with time. Correct. Patients who have deep gingival pockets that cannot be adequately cleaned with home care (flossing, electric tooth brushing) have a significantly higher risk of coronary heart disease, arthritis, and adult onset diabetes. Periodontitis is painless (like high blood pressure), which is why we usually don't any stronger warning signals than bleeding gums, mouth odor, or calculus. Dr. Reifman --part1_ad.e96b23c.28a2e4d1_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17227