October has been chosen as the “National Dental Hygiene Month by the American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA). Hence it is appropriate that an article on Oral and Dental hygiene is not out of place now, although this article has been written by a Cardiologist and not a Dental surgeon!! The purpose of the article is only to highlight the importance of dental and oral hygiene in general medical practice so that we can give proper guidelines to our patients.
As everyone knows, oral and dental hygiene are very important in our daily lives but few people in India take care of all the recommended practices and periodic dental check up culture is non existent in this country. The result is that Dental caries is rampant, people loose their teeth early and Halitosis (bad breath) is common. It has now been shown that oral and dental hygiene, especially gingivitis, has been linked to heart…
