Medical News: Clean Teeth Again Linked to Healthy Heart - in Primary Care, Dental Health from MedPage Today
Further adjustment for socioeconomic status, smoking, physical activity, and visits to the dentist attenuated the link. Additional controls for body mass index, family history of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and physician-diagnosed diabetes also reduced the relationship but not to the point where significance was lost.
Source: medpagetoday.com
