Arteriosclerosis and periodontitis - when the mouth makes you sick In the vernacular, the veins "calcify". In medicine, this is called arteriosclerosis, a chronic inflammation of the arteries. If the arteries that supply blood to tissues, muscles and organs become...

Correlation between periodontitis and diabetes Diabetes is one of the most common diseases in Germany. More than six million patients officially suffer from this metabolic disease. However, the number of unreported cases is estimated to be much higher. Besides the...

Periodontitis and osteoporosis - two distant relatives Osteoporosis is a skeletal disease in which bones lose stability and break more easily. The triggers for bone loss are low mineral salt levels, low...

Fertility disorders and premature birth - when periodontitis gets in the way of having children In Germany alone, there are up to 48,000 premature births every year. However, the cause is not always a maldevelopment of the child. Bacterial vaginal infections, anemia,...

The dentist recognizes much more than dental diseases Anyone who believes that a visit to the dentist only protects against diseases of the teeth and gums is only grasping part of the possibilities. The dentist can recognize much more. Diseases of the digestive organs...

Periodontitis and rheumatism - creeping danger for the joint Swollen, warm and chronically painful joints immediately raise a suspicion: rheumatism. But "rheumatism" alone is not the end of the diagnosis. After all, it encompasses more than 100...

Periodontitis and pneumonia - how the mouth makes the lungs sick It is considered the secret widespread disease - pneumonia. In Germany alone, around 500,000 people are affected by this infectious disease every year, a third of whom need...