Is There A Relationship Between Gum Disease And Cardiovascular Disease?

As recently as 2 weeks ago, I heard someone from the dental profession discussing this relationship on the Today Show on NBC. The “expert” was suggesting good dental hygiene to prevent heart disease. Multiple times I have heard this issue discussed, suggesting a causal relation between plaques on the teeth and in the arteries, and that good dental health will prevent heart disease.

It makes my head want to spin around. Doesn't it make much more sense that the same thing that causes one may cause the other?! And that the plaques, on the teeth and in the arteries are clues or symptoms so to speak of what the real marker is. There is no logic to Western Medicine logic. Find yourself an Alternative Medicine health professional.

No. Gum disease and Cardiovascular disease, have nothing in common. You can have one without having the other. However, if you are getting ready to have heart surgery, they will look in your mouth, since the teeth and gums, have many germs, and can cause an infection in other parts of the body.