Montreal, Quebec (PRWEB) May 25, 2007 -- Neks Technologies Inc, a company specializing in developing and manufacturing innovative dental products, today announced that hygienist Shirley Gutkowski is...
An immune system component that is a primary cause of bone destruction and inflammation in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis actually protects bone in the oral cavity from infectious pathogens that play a major role in periodontal disease in humans, research at the University at Buffalo has shown.
Conclusion: marijuana dependency has detrimental periodontal effects over and above those of cigarette smoking. Marijuana users "were 3.1 times as likely to have established periodontitis by age 32."
