{"id":2048,"date":"2019-06-07T11:05:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T15:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s1.netnorthdevsite.com\/?p=2048"},"modified":"2019-06-07T11:05:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T15:05:27","slug":"can-the-health-of-your-mouth-affect-the-health-of-your-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polardental.com\/can-the-health-of-your-mouth-affect-the-health-of-your-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Can The Health of Your Mouth Affect The Health of Your Body?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good news for health care patients everywhere, more and more physicians are joining natural practitioners such as Chiropractors and Naturopaths in assessing and treating the body with a holistic approach. This entails an understanding that the body is not merely the sum of its parts, rather an integrative organism that thrives as a whole or fails as a whole meaning a deficiency somewhere can wreak havoc in multiple regions of the body.<\/p>\n

Certain practices, such as reflexology, iridology, and Chinese Medicine assess a portion of the body (the feet, eyes, and tongue\/pulse respectively) to determine overall health concerns. The same can be said for dentistry and their assessment of mouth and gum health, as a surface problem here could mean underlying pathology. The mouth can be seen as a gateway to the body. Redness, inflammation, bacterial build-up, infection and more can raise red flags beyond missing a flossing here and there.<\/p>\n