What does a clean kiss have to do with health? A strange question to ask but worth consideration. And what is a “clean kiss” anyway?
Dental professionals know that the mouth is loaded with bacteria. Granted, some are good and necessary bacteria for the digestive process, but other kinds of bacteria are harmful. These are the anaerobic bacteria that must hide in the soft tissues of the mouth to breed and spread, making them difficult to reach and kill.
Dental Connection to Serious Disease: A Flow Chart
anaerobic bacteria hide in soft tissues of the mouth > bacterial plaque forms > calculus forms > sulfur from dead cells in the mouth combine with bacteria > bacteria penetrate gums > gum tissue is destroyed and even bone and (the scary part) bacteria enters the bloodstream
Once these bacteria get into the bloodstream, the eventual result can be heart disease, cancer, lung disease, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, and more.
What are the leading causes of death in the United States? According to Medical News Today, the placing and percentages are as follows:
- Heart Disease 23.5%
- Cancer 21.3%
- Accidents 6%
- Chronic lower respiratory disease 5.7%
- Stroke and cerebrovascular diseases 5.2 %
- Alzheimer’s 4.3%
- Diabetes 3%
Of these top seven causes of death, except for accidents, a clean kiss would have been a preventative measure, and they might never have happened. More about this later. Inflammation is the major culprit causing all the above diseases, except for #3. Gum disease is caused by bacterial inflammation, and when those bacteria are given access to the bloodstream, other organs not close to the oral cavity are affected.
The mouth is the gateway to the rest of the body. What goes in the mouth creates the destructive forces that lead to serious diseases.
Dentists would agree that keeping the mouth clean is one of the best ways to avoid bacterial infection. And yet, some patients, even though they brush and floss, inevitably get gum disease. How can a dentist help patients avoid bacterial infection?
A fairly new test evaluates C-Reactive Protein (CRP). Since the liver secretes CRP in order to fight inflammation, the test to evaluate CRP levels is a better indicator of inflammatory response than, say, the LDL cholesterol test as predictive of heart disease. So, it necessarily follows that CRP levels would be indictors of any of the other inflammatory diseases.
If CRP levels are a good indicator of inflammation, how can we then reduce CRP levels? A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that Lipitor, a statin drug, can lower CRP levels; however, a dangerous eight times the normal dosage was needed.
The wait for the answer to this problem is over. How about a safe, inexpensive approach to eliminate the source of inflammation? What about putting something into the gateway of the body that kills bacteria and keeps the oral cavity at the correct Ph level? Disease cannot grow in alkaline conditions. The Clean Kiss System does exactly that. The Clean Kiss System, when used as cause of, or treatment for, gum disease showed 98% effective over a period of one year.
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