Healthy Teethy, Healthy Everything

We're not sure when it happened, but somewhere along the line the health of our mouth got separated from the rest of our body. At Hamlin Dental Group, we don't make that mistake. We believe strongly that dentistry is nothing more nor less than a branch of medicine. A dentist in Van Nuys or anywhere else should be very aware of a patient's overall health and how his teeth and gums reflect that.

The reason we're talking about this is this is because of a feature we stumbled over online in the The Norwich Bulletin which listed several dentistry-health connections. The fact that gum disease is closely correlated with heart disease has gotten a fair amount of press, but one point that was less well known is that, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, men who could not chew properly because they were missing teeth and had no dentures were 91 percent more likely to suffer from dementia.

Your dental health, your mental health, and your physical health are all closely related. It's food for thought. And, if you need a dentist in Northridge, North Hollywood or Van Nuys, call 888-400-8011 today. Your whole body will thank you.