The question I always have about this topic is how much weight does the oral bacteria have in systemic conditions? I just went to Kois and they had a lecture by a guy fanatical about all of this stuff, but even he wouldn't give me a good answer. What I mean is, I would say the average person takes better care of their oral health than their systemic health. So let's say someone has perio but is also generally unhealthy. Now let's pretend we get their mouth spotless, but their general health is still poor. How much risk have we actually reduced of systemic conditions? If the mouth only has let's say a 2% swing while everything else has a 98% weight, I don't feel the need to be fanatical about talking about the link unless they're also willing to improve their overall health
Great point and I think the kind of studies needed to get real answers to understand the exact degree of change/impact oral health has would indeed be fascinating. The main thing is that as healthcare professionals we 'reintroduce' the mouth hack in to the body and talk more about overall health
Great information! Periodontal health tells us A LOT about overall health!
the mouth is the window to the general health!
The question I always have about this topic is how much weight does the oral bacteria have in systemic conditions? I just went to Kois and they had a lecture by a guy fanatical about all of this stuff, but even he wouldn't give me a good answer.
What I mean is, I would say the average person takes better care of their oral health than their systemic health. So let's say someone has perio but is also generally unhealthy. Now let's pretend we get their mouth spotless, but their general health is still poor. How much risk have we actually reduced of systemic conditions? If the mouth only has let's say a 2% swing while everything else has a 98% weight, I don't feel the need to be fanatical about talking about the link unless they're also willing to improve their overall health
Great point and I think the kind of studies needed to get real answers to understand the exact degree of change/impact oral health has would indeed be fascinating. The main thing is that as healthcare professionals we 'reintroduce' the mouth hack in to the body and talk more about overall health
what was the title of the book about evidence based science that she mentioned?