Four specific bacteria (Porphyromonas gingivalis, Treponema denticola, Tannerella forsythia, Fusobacterium nucleatum) that cause gum disease could also cause heart disease, say researchers.

Kesavalu Lakshmyya in the University of Florida's Department of Periodontology in the College of Dentistry, said in Western medicine there is a disconnect between oral health and general health in the rest of the body; Dentistry is a separate field of study from Medicine.
Lakshmayya said the mouth is the gateway to the body and our data provides one more piece of a growing body of research that points to direct connections between oral health and systemic health.
Source-ANI