A new study has shown that a special toothpaste (called Plaque HD) significantly reduced dental plaque in the mouth and inflammation throughout the entire body.
Inflammation can lead to atherosclerosis when plaque builds up in your blood vessels. This buildup in your arteries is the main cause of heart attacks and strokes.
The study's senior author is Charles H. Hennekens, MD, DrPH, first Sir Richard Doll Professor & Senior Academic Advisor to the Dean, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University.
In this podcast, Dr. Hennekens discusses the study and why it's important, especially for people with heart disease or heart risks.
Inflammation can lead to atherosclerosis when plaque builds up in your blood vessels. This buildup in your arteries is the main cause of heart attacks and strokes.
The study's senior author is Charles H. Hennekens, MD, DrPH, first Sir Richard Doll Professor & Senior Academic Advisor to the Dean, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University.
In this podcast, Dr. Hennekens discusses the study and why it's important, especially for people with heart disease or heart risks.
Charles H. Hennekens, MD, DrPH, is the first Sir Richard Doll Research Professor in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. Dr. Charles Hennekens is one of the leading medical researchers in the world and was recently honored as "Doctor of the Decade" by Science Watch for being the third most widely cited medical researcher in the world from 1995 to 2005. In addition, five of the top 20 were his former fellows and/or trainees. In 2012, ScienceHeroes.com ranked Dr. Charles Hennekens No. 81 in the history of the world for having saved more than one million human lives.