{"id":393,"date":"2021-03-14T22:48:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T22:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comaldental.com\/blog\/?p=393"},"modified":"2024-07-30T12:25:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T12:25:16","slug":"immune-system-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comaldental.com\/blog\/immune-system-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"How Excellent Oral Health Supports Your Immune System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the past few decades, doctors and dentists have discovered a great deal of new information about how the human body works. This has led to a more integrative approach to health and wellness. As an example of the more evolved approach, dentists have found a connection between the quality of a person\u2019s oral health<\/a> and his or her immune function. As you continue reading, find out how taking proper care of your teeth and gums can result in better immune system protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How Oral Health and the Immune System Correlate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Two of the key functions of the immune system are to identify threats to your health and attack them before they can become problematic. It uses inflammation as one of its indicators of an issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because plaque build-up in the mouth causes inflammation, it triggers a reaction. The diversion of the immune system\u2019s attention to the mouth can overwork it and leave the rest of your body vulnerable to infection and sickness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Health Problems Related to Poor Dental Care<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unaddressed oral plaque can eventually settle beneath the gum line to cause gum disease (also called periodontitis). The decay doesn\u2019t stop there. If ignored long enough, the plaque causing bacteria can travel throughout the body to wreak havoc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the body\u2019s natural defense mechanism scrambling to \u201cput out fires,\u201d here are some of the imbalances that can arise:<\/p>\n\n\n\n