Lack of oral health can be symptom of lot of disease

Foul smell from our mouth is very disturbing and irritating thing for
us and for others also. Even though we brush daily and sometimes twice
or thrice the smell persists and it will influence our confidence in
interpersonal relationship. Infections in our mouth should be give
utmost priority since it is symptom of other major diseases.  Dentists
have to give importance to this issue since the detection and
observation of the dentists is very important in detecting the major
disease associated with mouth infection. There is a direct
relationship between heart disease and oral health. Studies have
failed to clear the link but is commonly noticed by doctors all over
the world that heart disease is connected with mouth infection.
Inflammation of gum and teeth and accumulation of bacteria in mouth,
moving and loose tooth all can be a symptom to heart disease.
  Diabetes of the second type also has lot of symptoms related to oral
health. Bleeding gums, disturbing deterioration of the health of the
gums and dry mouth are some symptoms of diabetes. Usually the diabetes
patients are advised to avoid drinks and snacks that contain high
levels of sugar. These kinds of soft drinks which contain white sugar
commonly called white poison can have a negative impact on oral
health. Obesity is associated with type-II diabetes, so it is very
clear that how oral health is related to diabetes.
 Osteoporosis is a disease which affects the health and strength of
the bones and teeth.  It is possible to detect the chances of
osteoporosis at an early period of the disease by examining the health
of the oral cavity. If the jaw bones and gums are deteriorating
especially the jaw bones showing a low density it can be a symptom of
osteoporosis. It can also be evaluated by checking a tooth when
encounter a sudden tooth loss. Calcium deposit in this tooth will be
low and roots of the tooth will be poor showing a signal of possible
osteoporosis.
Bulimia is a psychological condition where a person is obsessive about
the idea of losing weight and to acquire a perfect figure and at the
same time consume a lot of food with a sudden intention and later try
to burn it out through exercise or self induced vomiting. To check
whether a person have bulimia a dentists just have to check the
presence of a particular acid in the mouth and on the enamel which
induces frequent vomiting.

Bleeding gums and inflammation of lips are the symptoms of vitamin
deficiency . Beriberi and Scurvy etc shows the lack of nutrition in
our body. One important thing that have to be noticed is when a
particular Vitamin deficiency is faced by our body , it not only
affect a particular part of the body but the whole process of the body
is influenced by this directly or indirectly.

Poor oral health can be a symptom of cancer affecting  gums and
tongue. It is important that utmost care must be given to check and
verify the disease affecting oral cavity.