It's well established that gum disease and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are strongly linked. But what wasn't known, until a recent study, was that the two churn through a vicious cycle, feeding off each ...

Brushing your teeth properly could help keep more than 50 health conditions including dementia, rheumatoid arthritis and Parkinson’s at bay, according to experts. A panel at the world’s largest ...

Take care of your teeth and they’ll take care of you. The origins of this adage are unknown, but modern research has confirmed that oral health and systemic disease often go hand in hand, something ...

Inflammation in the gums can increase susceptibility to other forms of inflammation, such as arthritis, through changes to immune cell precursors in the bone marrow, according to new research. The ...

Getting your teeth cleaned on a regular basis could prevent rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups, according to a Rice University researcher. Bacteria associated with gum disease can worsen rheumatoid ...

If your joints are giving you trouble, you may want to open wide: The bacteria responsible for gum disease could also trigger rheumatoid arthritis, a new study in the journal PLOS Pathogens reports.

Some may assume that losing teeth is just part of growing older. Around 11% of adults between the ages of 65 and 74 have lost all of their teeth, according to 2020 data from the U.S. Centers for ...