Poor Oral Health May Increase the Risk of Pancreatic Cancer…
by Robert Glisci, DDS, PC on 03/29/19
We’ve been advising our patients for years that dental health absolutely affects your general health, and here’s another indication of that:
“compared
to African American women who showed no signs of poor oral health, those who
reported adult tooth loss had a substantially increased risk of Pancreatic Cancer.
This association become even stronger for those who had lost at least five
teeth.”
“According to the researchers, these observations may be related to oral bacteria and the inflammation caused by certain bacteria.”
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