The Silent Epidemic In Our Mouths
By Kathy O’Loughlin | October 6, 2006 | The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/06/the_silent_epidemic_in_our_mouths/
Dr. Kathy O’Loughlin, is president and chief executive of Delta Dental of Massachusetts, takes a look at the pandemic of dental and periodontal disease in the US. If that sounds trivial to you, consider this: in my personal Infectious Diseases practice, just since January 2006, I have treated almost a dozen cases of sepsis and heart valve infection (endocarditis) due to oral infections that invaded the bloodstream. Worth a look…BS
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