The article you gave me to look at talked about one of the ten studies . . . Offenbacher 2009 but there are nine others. In addition, the federal government spent 20 million or so studying this question. Pharmaceutical companies like to promote these links because it helps them to sell toothpaste/other medical/dental products. There is a lot of…[Read more]

Good points all around. But there are some serious design flaws in these studies. For example, a study which “disproved” the link between oral disease and preterm birth:

Dental Treatments Don’t Stop Preterm Births – Oral Health: Common Problems, Dental Hygiene, Tooth Decay and Cavity Prevention on MedicineNet.com

This “study” has nothing…

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There are a lot of perio/systemic disease ‘links’ but links per se do not always mean cause/effect. A link is an association/correlation but for each link, a lot of research needs to be done to confirm/deny these links. For example, let’s ask the question: “Does the treatment for periodontal disease help curb/prevent preterm birth/low birthweight…[Read more]