A recent study conducted by Chinese researches and published in the Journal of Periodontology studied the links between gum disease and lung cancer. The study assessed the evaluations of 321,420 participants with periodontal disease and the analysis even accounted for alcohol consumption as well as smoking habits among participants, still noting a 1.24-fold increased risk of developing lung cancer.
Receding gums are a condition in which your gums pull back from the tooth surface, exposing the root surfaces of your teeth. For 1 out of every 10 people who wore braces, receding gums are the end result instead of a perfect smile.
Before the new pinhole technique, treatment was generally expensive and involves painful grafting. The new treatment we are discovering today takes very little recovery time, involves no stiches, and has no scalpel.
