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Gingivitis – Heart Attacks and Dementia?

There are two ways poor gum health causes heart attacks. One is quick and the other is slow. For the quick way to happen you may have to have gums that bleed.

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One of the side effects of gum disease – technically your body’s own immune response to the four (4) bacteria associated with gum disease – correlates to plaque build ups in the arteries which causes heart attacks and strokes. Recent Australian research indicates this can happen in less than 20 years.

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However, with sudden heart attacks in fit healthy people – when they look for it – they usually find Gingivitis bacteria in the heart muscle. For the Gingivitis bacteria to travel from the mouth to the heart muscles you may have to have gums that bleed.

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And if the Gingivitis bacteria makes it to the brain it “shorts out” the synapses and causes dementia type symptoms.

The best way to prevent Gingivitis and gum disease is to regularly use a Guiding toothbrush as the Broom Technology bristles will physically sweep away plaque, bacteria and biofilm from teeth and gums and this will produce healthier gums.

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In a Pilot Study with 102 participants with self-reported bleeding gums 68% of participants reported their gums stop bleeding after using a Guiding toothbrush for two (2) weeks. After six (6) weeks of using a Guiding toothbrush 81% reported their gums stopped bleeding and 94% reported their gums had stopped or nearly stopped bleeding.

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Please Note: When everyone in Australia used toothbrushes with Broom Technology (1982 – 1998) deaths from heart attacks decreased by over 70% and deaths from Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease barely made the Top 20 leading causes of death in Australia. Alzheimer’s Disease is now the No.2 leading cause of death in Australia with Heart Attacks No.1 and Strokes No.3. And for fit healthy Australians under the age of 50 the leading cause of death is now Heart Attacks.

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