Dentists Manly - Dr. Pechar and Associates

23/12/2023

13/08/2023

Brain function and oral health


Periodontitis is a severe gum disease caused by lots of types of bacteria leading to inflammation. Because of this, it is thought to contribute to overall body inflammation. There are early links suggesting that this severe gum disease may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline.
This is due to:

1. Bacteria traveling from the mouth to the brain
2. Overall increase in inflammation

12/08/2023

Pregnancy & Oral Health


There is early evidence supporting the association between periodontitis and adverse pregnancy outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight and preeclampsia.
There are several factors proposed to explain the association including:

1. Inflammatory mediators
2. Oral bacterial dissemination

10/08/2023

Diabetes and oral health!


There is increasing evidence of a two-way relationship between gum disease and diabetes where not only does diabetes increase an individual’s risk of developing severe gum disease, but the gum disease may negatively affect blood sugar levels.

Other than severe gum disease, the issues in the mouth associated with diabetes can include:
* Dental decay
* A decrease in saliva production causing a dry mouth
* Yeast and fungal infections
* Delayed or poor healing of wounds within the mouth
* Difficulty tasting foods

09/08/2023

Lungs & oral health


Periodontitis and respiratory diseases share common risk factors including smoking, obesity and diabetes. There is early evidence supporting the association between periodontitis and some common respiratory diseases – chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and COVID-19.
There are several hypotheses for the association between periodontitis and respiratory diseases:

1. Micro aspiration of oral bacteria into the lower airways
2. Systemic elevation of inflammatory markers
Evidence is emerging for oral bacteria being a risk factor for aspiration pneumonia.

09/08/2023

Heart diseases and oral health!


Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases (ACVD) encompasses a wide range of conditions including ischaemic cerebrovascular disease, coronary heart disease and peripheral arterial disease. Evidence has shown that periodontitis is associated with significant sub-clinical atherosclerosis. There is now also robust evidence linking periodontitis with ACVD.

The mechanisms by which this occurs are:

I. Bacteraemia
II. Elevation of systemic inflammation

08/08/2023

Almost half of the Australian population has one or more chronic diseases, yet, 70% of people are unaware of the link between their oral health and chronic medical conditions.

06/08/2023

DENTAL HEALTH WEEK

06/07/2023

❌🛑 Va**ng 🛑 ❌

Fascinating and random encounter
On a recent holiday I met a family whose patriarch is an executive at one of the big 4 to***co companies. We tripped over this being the case as we brought up va**ng.
He explained his company had been researching this for years and had brought products to market. However they recently decided to close their whole va**ng business down. The reasons for this were as follows:
1. Va**ng is more addictive than ci******es
2. Va**ng leads to more consumption of product than ci******es
Now if you’re like me, these 2 sound like great things for a consumer product and it’s sales. And they are. So what’s the catch?
Number 3.
3. They can not deliver a safe product at a price point that generates profits. The cost of doing so is 3x the price of va**ng products coming from a certain country.
And….
4. They don’t want to be in the va**ng space because the cheap product coming in, their scientists have analysed it, and they have no idea what’s in these imported products.
Even their own manufacturing was outsourced to the same country and despite stipulating their recipie, their end product had things in it that their scientists couldn’t work out.
They simply didn’t want to be in the va**ng space because it wasn’t profitable AND they couldn’t be certain the end product was what they thought is was.
So if you know anyone that vapes, they may be interested to learn that not even a big cigarette company will touch them. Surely that’s saying something?

20/03/2023

World Oral Health Day

Today is World Oral Health Day and the theme is ‘Be Proud Of Your Mouth’.

🍎 It means bringing focus on the importance of oral health at every stage of life because we know good oral health contributes to a longer, healthier life.

📣 At ADA NSW, we believe excellent oral health starts in early childhood and healthy habits such as brushing twice daily with fluoride toothpaste and visiting the dentist every 6-12 months, help in maintaining oral hygiene.

✅ Be a part of the by posting a video or photo of yourself using the hastags and to remind others around you about the importance of looking after your teeth.

📁 If you’d like some free resources to spread the word, simply visit https://loom.ly/f9fXR_s

01/08/2022

10/01/2022

Interesting 🧐

It looks like the Tooth Fairy has teamed up with the Royal Australian Mint 🦷🧚‍♀️

As the "official supplier of coins to the Tooth Fairy in Australia", the Mint now has a keepsake $2 coin.

📷: Royal Australian Mint