People often believe dental issues don’t influence other parts of the body. For example, you might believe that a tooth problem has nothing to do with your heart, or that a gum infection is completely unrelated to your eyes. What happens in your mouth stays there, right?
As it turns out, though, oral hygiene has a strong impact on the body’s metabolic health — for better and for worse. To prove it, here’s a guide to dental health’s influence on metabolism from Houston’s resident dentist.
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