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Bacteria in the Mouth Can Lead to Heart Problems

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Having a dirty mouth can lead to an unhealthy heart.

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" Researchers at the university of buffalo found that -- specific types of bacteria in the -- increase the risk of a heart attack but the total number of oral germs is even more important they -- dental plaque from a group of heart attack patients and compared them to the plaque of healthy participants. Not only did the heart attack patients have the two species of bacteria known to be associated with heart attack they also had more of the each of the six types of bacteria they tested for."

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