Health Concerns Your Dentist Might Detect

Yahoo! Health contributor, Laura Tedesco, gives us a brief and clear rundown of what some of the health conditions your dentist might be able to detect by a simple dental exam.  She touches on diabetes, heart disease, dementia, osteoporosis, and acid reflux disease.  The link between two health conditions (heart disease and dementia) and your oral health was quite surprising.

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