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Large-scale study finds lack of exercise causes tooth loss

The UK’s number one dental charity is urging people to make more effort to exercise if they want to keep all of their teeth – after a large-scale study found that people who stay fit and healthy are 40% less likely to develop a tooth threatening gum infection. 

The British Dental Health Foundation issued the warning after a study published in the Journal of Periodontology found that not exercising, failing to maintain a normal body weight and unhealthy eating habits drastically increased a person’s chances of developing periodontitis (advanced gum disease) and losing their teeth.

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