Plaque on your teeth causes damaging inflammation in arteries that increases risk of heart disease. Infection from gums finds its way into bloodstream leads to heart disease. Using a plaque-fighting toothpaste can greatly reduce heart disease risk -- similar to taking statin drugs, but without the side effects.
Key takeaways:
Thoroughly brushing teeth with plaque-fighting toothpaste helps to keep gums healthy, preventing damaging inflammation in arteries which reduces risk of stroke and heart attacks.
Using plaque-fighting toothpaste was successful leading to a 29 percent drop in inflammation levels.
Other measures that help prevent accumulation of plaque include reducing sugar consumption.
The reduction in C-reactive protein seen with the better tooth cleaning could translate into a reduced risk of heart disease, but this would require a much larger and longer-term study to prove.
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