Protect Your Heart by Protecting Your Smile

You know that daily brushing and flossing, plus regular dental visits, can help you prevent cavities. But did you also know taking care of your smile is important for your heart health, too?

Without regular brushing or dental visits, bacteria and plaque can harden into tartar, which works with bacteria to create infected pockets between your teeth and gums. These pockets allow bacteria to enter your bloodstream and travel to other parts of your body, including your heart, where the cycle only continues.

As bacteria from your mouth irritate your arterial wall, your body produces more plaque, making it harder for blood to pass through. Given enough time, this plaque build can even cause a heart attack, or possibly even a stroke.

Gum Disease Therapy from Dr. Canzoneri

But you don’t have to live with gum disease. Spending more time at the sink each day is one simple way you can turn your smile around. And for patients with more advanced cases, there’s the soft tissue laser at our Los Angeles office. With laser dentistry, we can precisely target only those areas that need to be treated, making gum disease therapy more comfortable and less invasive than it’s ever been before.

Call our Arcadia office to find out more about how we can treat gum disease or to schedule an appointment with Dr. Canzoneri. We serve patients from Pasadena, Sierra Madre, Monrovia, and Los Angeles.