It's no secret cigarettes can yellow your teeth. But tobacco smoke has another, unseen effect. It can wipe out the healthy bacteria in your mouth, leaving the field open for pathogenic bugs--like the kind that cause gum disease. So says a study in the journal Infection and Immunity . [Purnima S. Kumar et al., " Tobacco smoking affects bacterial acquisition and colonization in oral biofilms "]
[More]
Source: http://rss.sciam.com/click.phdo?i=5f24028906ca82d8e69cbc5910efd438
john kerry prince fielder state of the union address 2012 obama state of the union 2012 2012 state of the union address state of the union sotu
No comments:
Post a Comment