{"id":429,"date":"2019-04-25T17:32:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T17:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betteryoursmile.com\/blog\/?p=429"},"modified":"2019-05-21T12:43:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T12:43:21","slug":"alcohol-gum-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betteryoursmile.com\/blog\/alcohol-gum-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Drinking Alcohol Lead to Gum Disease?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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You may want to think again before you order your second or third drink when you\u2019re out each night. Serious issues like oral cancer and gum disease can wreak havoc on your life and be difficult to treat when you don\u2019t keep up with your oral health. Recent studies have connected frequent alcohol consumption to gum infection<\/a>, cancer, and even cardiovascular disease, making it more important than ever to see your dentist regularly. By drinking, you\u2019re putting yourself at risk for needing serious interventions such as chemotherapy or gum disease treatment. Read on to learn about recent studies that have linked frequent alcohol consumption to serious health issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

What Do Recent Studies Say? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recently published study by the NYU School of Medicine established\na link between alcohol and several serious oral health problems. The study looked\nat the oral microbiome of 1044 adults from the United States. They separated\nthem into three categories based on how much alcohol they consumed: non-drinkers,\nmoderate drinkers, and heavy drinkers. For reference, they defined the people\nin the heavy drinkers category as people who consumed more than one drink each\nday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study showed that the people classified as heavy alcohol\ndrinkers had less beneficial oral bacteria than people from the non-drinkers\ngroup. Additionally, they noticed that the presence of inflammatory oral\nbacteria increased in heavy alcohol drinkers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the Difference Between Good and Bad Oral Bacteria?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your microbiome houses over 700 different species of bacteria.\nSome of them help keep you healthy by fortifying your immune system, digestion,\nand can even protect against cancer. The study found that heavy drinkers had\nhigh levels of harmful bacteria like Actinomyces\n<\/em>and Bacteroidales<\/em> and a lower\nnumber of bacteria that help prevent sickness like Lactobacillales<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the Significant Findings? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The authors of the study are not sure how to get a healthy combination of oral bacteria that can prevent diseases and aid overall well-being. They concluded that heavy drinking could alter your oral microbiome and may make you more vulnerable to developing harmful diseases such as oral cancer, gum disease, digestive tract cancer, and heart disease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These recent links that have been established between\nalcohol consumption and serious oral diseases only makes it more important to visit\nyour dentist in Aurora for your semi-annual checkups and screenings. Your\ndentist could be the one person standing between a harmful disease and an early\ndiagnosis. When spotted in earlier stages, patients have a higher chance of\nsurviving oral cancer. Additionally, when gum disease is spotted before it\nprogresses, it can be treated, and the symptoms can even be reversed.  Don\u2019t wait before it\u2019s too late! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Author<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Matt Mauck has been providing his community with healthy\nsmiles for over six years. In order to provide his patients with the highest quality\nof care, he continues his education whenever possible. As a member of the Colorado\nDental Association, the Metropolitan Denver Dental Association, and many more,\nhe understands the importance of providing his patients with care they can\ntrust. For any questions or to schedule an appointment, visit his website<\/a> or contact 303-745-1400.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You may want to think again before you order your second or third drink when you\u2019re out each night. Serious issues like oral cancer and gum disease can wreak havoc on your life and be difficult to treat when you don\u2019t keep up with your oral health. Recent studies have connected frequent alcohol consumption to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betteryoursmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betteryoursmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betteryoursmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betteryoursmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betteryoursmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.betteryoursmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435,"href":"https:\/\/www.betteryoursmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions\/435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betteryoursmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betteryoursmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betteryoursmile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}