A studyshowsthatpeoplehavemoregumdiseasetodaythantheydid2,000yearsago.Thestudy,fromLondon'sKing'sCollege, is now in the'BritishDentalJournal'. Researchers looked at the teeth of 303 people wholived1600-1800yearsago.Theywerefromskullsfound at an oldburialsite in England.Theresearcherssaidonly 5 percent of theskullshadgumdisease. Up to 30 percent of peopletodayhavegumdisease.ProfessorFrancisHugheswassurprisedbecausepeopledidnothavetoothbrushes or toothpastebackthen. They also did not visit dentists, like we do today. If peoplestartsmoking,thegumdisease is morelikely to appeartoday.Thestudyshowsthatouroralhealthhasbecomeworseoverthepast2,000years.Gumdiseasecanstartgoingdown if morepeoplestopsmoking. A researchersaid: " As smokingdeclines…weshouldsee a decline in thethedisease." Gumdisease is becausebacteriabuild up in yourmouth.Thebacteriaattackyourgumsandcanmakeyourteethfallout.Peoplecanlowertherisk of gumdisease by regularbrushing, usingmouthwashandnotsmoking - yourgumsarehealthy if youtakecare of yourmouth.
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