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Old 02-06-2013, 11:49 PM   #115
billybob123
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Originally Posted by Hesla View Post
My hygienist told me that diabetes, Alzheimer's and heart disease are caused by biofilms of bacterial that enter your body though bleeding gums. I asked which bacterium will cause this and she said "some long name that starts with a".
She's actually right about the heart disease. Bacterial endocarditis, and some atherosclerotic plaques occur when bacteria infect the heart. Some causal links exist between oral bacteria and heart diseases.

Alzheimers has nothing to do with bacteria though. Diabetes either.
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