It’s been said that the eyes are the windows to the soul. I’m not too sure about that, but I am sure that the mouth is one of the mirrors of the body. Stop and think… what exactly is the mouth?
Well it’s the beginning of your digestive tract and one of the few internal organs you can see. Because it’s so sensitive to imbalances in the body, changes can be seen in the mouth long before they are affecting the rest of the body.
What’s the connection?
- Charles Mayo noted, over 90 years ago, that people who keep their teeth live an average of ten years longer than people who do not.
- In the surgeon general’s report, Donna Shalala, said in her address of 2000: “The terms oral health and general health should not be interpreted as separate entities. Oral health is integral to general health; this report provides important reminders that oral health means more than healthy teeth and that you cannot be healthy without oral health".
- At the University of Alabama, researcher Marjorie Jeffcoat recently discovered that among 120 women in rural Alabama, those with dental infections were 3 times more likely to have premature, low-birth weight babies than women with healthy teeth and gums. Why would that be?
The fact is you don’t get tooth decay (infections) if your mouth is healthy. A healthy mouth means good nutrition.
Proper dental hygiene is not just brushing…it's about your diet.
