How Taking Care of Your Gums Can Protect Your Lungs

Your gums and your lungs aren’t exactly located in the same area of your body, so how could one affect the other? That’s a very good question, and researchers didn’t fully understand the connection until more recently. Their findings confirm that health should be considered from a whole-body perspective; in other words, your body is a system. One way or another, everything in it is connected.

Keep this in mind as you read – the link between gum disease and respiratory issues will become much clearer!