Bad Gums Can Be Our Killer

By: Smileway Dental

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We eat to prevent hunger. We exercise to prevent from getting ill. We take care of our kids to prevent them from going to the wrong path in life. Whatever we want in life, whatever path we choose, all depends on us and our decision. We always want that is best for ourselves and for everyone. We know how to prevent an illness or any sickness but how many of us really go and look into it? We know why and how to prevent a disease from happening, but do we personally work towards it? ​

​Every human being in this world is important, and so it is important to understand the importance of keeping ourselves healthy and also keeping the illness and disease away from our bodies. Little things we seldom see or notice and if not taken care and proper maintenance it can harm our health. It can start illnesses in our body, it can even contribute to worsening of the disease we are having, and it can hinder our immune system to fight off the disease.

​Many of us understand the importance of our teeth and our health, but if we were to look beyond that we would understand that the condition of our gums can be a big problem in our daily lives, because it has an indirect effect in our health contributing to so many diseases. So it is important to have good healthy gums. Today we will like to share some of the most important disease that unhealthy gums can indirectly worsen the conditions. This is mainly due to infections and inflammations surrounding your gums. ​

Heart Disease (Cardiovascular Disease) / Stroke:

People with gum infections have twofold higher risk of heart disease attack than people who had little or no gum infections. And it is strongly believe that the infections and inflammations from the gums travel to our blood vessels, narrowing the blood flow causing heart attacks or even strokes.

Diabetes

People with diabetes have more gum disease than those without diabetes. In fact gum diseases can raise your blood sugar levels giving it more difficult to control your sugar level.

Kidney Disease

Chronic inflammation may cause a thread to your kidney and may indirectly cause kidney disease.

Premature Birth

When you are pregnant and have severe gum disease, you are in a higher risk having baby that is born too early or too small. During pregnancy there are hormonal changes which can also worsen your gums.

Respiratory Disease

There are around 500 different bacterial species in our mouth, and having bad bacteria in our mouth could be aspirated into our lungs, giving a higher risk of respiratory problems.

​There are many more others diseases that our gums can contribute. So it is very important to keep our mouth healthy and clean, because lesions and even infection in the oral cavity have an immerse impact in to our health and our quality of life. If you have disease like periodontal disease it should be treated as soon as possible to avoid other complications from happening. That is why it is important to visit your dentist regularly to have your gums and teeth checked. ​

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luffy 93
luffy 93
2024-03-12
good dentist..Dr.Lisa did my scaling..after scaling my teeth is cleaner compared to my previous dental clinic..recommended..will come again..😃👍
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Jennifer Khoo
2024-03-11
The response from time of my asking for an appointment (though last minute) was handled well. Staff was ensuring that if I couldn’t make the 5pm appointed time then she offered to reschedule. So I did for the next day. Dr Edwin was super nice and gave options to see that my swollen due to infection gum was treated with care. I only visit this clinic because of its professionalism. Cheers guys and keep up the great job ! Thanks.
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ida ida
2024-03-10
服务好,医生很有耐心,环境也很舒服,不会给顾客等太久,我们全家都在这里检查牙齿
Jialing Yao
Jialing Yao
2024-03-07
Dr. Edwin is a good and very patient dentist. The staff there is also very helpful.
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Francis Lim
2024-01-20
People with dental phobia like me have an awareness that the fear is totally irrational, but with extensive experience in the field of dentistry, Dr Lisa provides efficient and compassionate patient care. I just had my tooth extraction this morning and it was painless…. Furthermore Dr Lisa are very attentive and explain things very thoroughly without pushing for unnecessary treatment. Thank you so much Dr Lisa 🙏
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ANNIES TANG
2024-01-15
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Hamid BestRate
2023-12-09
The Dr’s are very good and friendly.
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Henry KK
2023-11-23
Got a bridge and implant done by Dr Jon this year. Still holding up, looking forward to next and hopefully final treatment for missing tooth. Flexible payment terms and polite staff. Give them a try if you haven’t.
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Selvena Jeslinda Kaur
2023-11-22
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khairul ashraf kamarudin
2023-11-21
Having great experience so far. The doctor are very attentive and explain things very thoroughly without pushing for unncesssary treatment. The clinic is well lit and very clean👍👍. It is on the first and second so it will be a bit hard if you have a bad leg.

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