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Archived AAP Press Releases
Information about the diagnosis and treatment of periodontal disease and the latest research on the links between healthy gums and overall health.
Please note that the information contained in these archived press releases, while accurate at the time of release, may not be the most current information available today.
Beauty and Grooming
- Turn that Frown Upside Down: Healthy Gums are Something to Smile
About (3/19/08) - Americans Are Gaining Smileage from Their Tax Refunds
(4/7/04) - Reality TV Gives Americans First Look at How Immediate Loading Implants Transform Patients' Lives
(2/13/04) - Reality TV Gives Contestants a New Reason to Smile
(9/18/03) - Common Treatment for Acne May Cause the Appearance of Discolored Gums
(6/2/03) - Dental Implants Placed Immediately Are Successful
(2/27/03) - What's the Most Important Item to Bring on Vacation? (8/20/02)
- Body Piercing May Not Be So Cool After All (3/22/02)
- Open Wide for Your Periodontist and Stop Hiding Behind a Closed-Mouth Smile (6/8/01)
- Some Dental Questions Are Up to You and Your Dental Professional (2/8/01)
- Skip the Mouth Jewelry Trend and Let a Healthy Smile Make the Fashion Statement (11/30/00)
- Periodontists Report Dental Implants Are Bringing Smiles to Patients' Faces (11/17/00)
- Periodontists Report Patients, Especially Men, Should Be More Diligent With Oral Home Care (10/11/00)
- Dental Implants Create Beautiful Holiday Smiles (10/22/99)
- Periodontists Can Help Brides Achieve Gleaming Wedding Smiles (9/13/99)
- Being Long in the Tooth Doesn't Have to Equal a Shortage of Teeth (8/17/99)
- Secret Agent Austin Powers' Hideous Mouth Illustrates Health Care Message: Don't Forget to Floss, Baby (6/10/99)
Periodontal Disease and Overall Health
Periodontal Disease and Your Heart
- A Healthy Smile May Promote a Healthy
Heart (1/8/08) - Small Bacteria–Big
Impact (4/10/07) - AAP Statement on Periodontal Treatment and Improvement in Cardiovascular
Health (3/1/07) - What Does Your Mouth Say About Your
Heart? (2/13/07) - New Evidence Finds an Association Between Periodontal Disease and
Stroke (10/10/06) - New Study Finds Positive Association Between Periodontal Disease and Coronary Heart
Disease (9/26/06) - New Study Supports Findings That Periodontal Bacteria
May Be Linked to Heart Disease (7/18/06) - Levels of Bacteria in Plaque Beneath the Gum Line May Increase Risk for Heart
Attacks (5/19/05) - Further Evidence Reveals the Association Between Periodontal Disease and Coronary Artery
Disease (10/26/04) - Deep Periodontal Pockets Increase Risk for Electrocardiographic Abnormalities
(6/22/04) - New Study Confirms Periodontal Disease Linked to Heart Disease (2/7/02)
- C-Reactive Protein - A Predictor of Heart Disease - Is Elevated in Patients with Periodontal Disease (9/20/01)
- Periodontal Disease and Coronary Heart Disease:
AAP Statement on9/20/2000 JAMA Study (9/19/00) - Patients Taking Medication for High Blood Pressure Benefit from Frequent Dental Care (9/27/99)
- Periodontal Disease and Heart Disease (6/18/97)
Periodontal Disease and Diabetes
- Periodontal Diseases May Aggravate Prediabetic
Characteristics (3/13/07) - Periodontal Therapy Helps Patients With Type 2
Diabetes (10/31/06) - Periodontal Therapy May Help Diabetic Patients Improve Sugar
Control (4/11/06) - More Severe Periodontal Disease Poses Additional Threat to Pregnant Diabetics (11/21/01)
- Controlled Diabetics Have New Reason to Smile (11/22/99)
Periodontal Disease and Pregnancy
- Expecting Mothers Should “Brush Up” on Their Oral Hygiene
Routine (11/12/07) - Periodontal Bacteria Found in Amniotic
Fluid (7/3/07) - Dental Visits May Help Your Baby Arrive on
Schedule (5/1/07) - Small Bacteria–Big
Impact (4/10/07) - AAP Statement on Periodontal Disease and Preterm Low
Birthweight (11/7/06) - Periodontitis May Increase C-Reactive Protein Levels in
Pregnancy (5/2/06) - Periodontitis Associated with Preeclampsia in Pregnant
Women (2/6/06) - Periodontal Therapy May Reduce Incidence of Preterm
Births (11/21/05) - Oral Bacteria May Predict Pregnancy
Outcomes (3/23/05) - Pregnancy Complication Associated With Periodontal
Destruction (3/2/05) - Infertility Treatment and Oral Health
(6/22/04) - Dental Procedure May Reduce Risk of Premature Births
(8/26/03) - AAP Offers Mothers-To-Be Advice with Just-in-Time Delivery for Mother's Day
(5/6/03) - More Severe Periodontal Disease Poses Additional Threat to Pregnant Diabetics (11/21/01)
Periodontal Disease and Other Health Issues
- Researchers Caution that Tooth Loss May Increase Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease
in U.S. Adults (10/14/08) - Researchers Uncover Higher Prevalence of Periodontal Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Patients (6/5/08) - Study Urges Men to Brush Up on Their Oral Health to Reduce Cancer
Risk (6/4/08) - Stress May Leave Your Mouth a
Mess (8/8/07) - Periodontal Diseases Should Concern Women of All
Ages (6/12/07) - Periodontal Disease May Negatively Affect the Success of Organ Transplant
Survival (11/14/06) - Salivary Melatonin May Decrease Periodontal Disease Severity According to New Study
Findings (9/12/06) - Steroid Abuse Harms Gingival Tissues (7/5/06)
- Chronic Stress, Depression and Cortisol Levels Are Potential Risk Indicators for Periodontal
Disease (5/31/06) - Serious Oral Post-Surgical Complication Identified in Patient on Commonly Prescribed Therapy for
Osteopenia (4/11/06) - Postmenopause and Periodontal Disease: What Women Need to
Know (7/21/05) - Obesity Is a Significant Predictor of Periodontal
Disease (2/21/06) - Researchers Find Nine Risk Indicators for Tooth
Loss (11/7/05) - Menstrual Cycle Affects Periodontal Health
(3/30/04) - Blood Test May Reveal Systemic Factors That Relate to Periodontal Disease, Especially in Men
(1/21/04) - Common Treatment for Acne May Cause the Appearance of Discolored Gums
(6/2/03) - Researchers Find Link Between Obesity and Periodontal Disease
(6/2/03) - Study Suggests Kindler Patients Have Three Times the Amount of Periodontal Destruction Than Healthy Patients
(1/30/03) - Identifying Patients' Stress Coping Behavior Key to Treatment Outcomes
(11/27/02) - Researchers Identify Periodontitis in
Marfan's Syndrome Patient (7/18/02) - Think You're Healthy?
Open Wide and Look Inside! (6/20/02) - People With Rheumatoid Arthritis Have More Periodontal Disease (6/21/01)
- Study Shows Patients with Good Periodontal Health Breathe Easier (1/30/01)
- The Mouth Is the Mirror to Overall Health (8/15/00)
- AAP and Surgeon General Share Common Goals (5/26/00)
- Oral Pathogens Put Children with Down Syndrome at High Risk for Severe Early-Onset Periodontal Disease (2/28/00)
- Tips to Help Families Achieve Optimal Oral Health (1/14/00)
- Study Reveals Many Dental Patients Don't Realize They Have Major Medical Conditions (10/18/99)
- Financial Stress Doubles Periodontal Disease Risk (7/19/99)
- Healthy Gums, Healthy Bodies (7/9/98)
- Families and Periodontal Disease (10/13/97)
Periodontal Treatment
- Treating Your Periodontal Pockets May Benefit Your
Pocketbook (11/27/07) - Snake Venom May Speed Healing Time After Oral
Surgery (10/9/07) - Report on Alternative Approaches to Population-Based Surveillance of
Periodontitis (7/10/07) - Melatonin Shows Promise in the Fight Against Periodontal
Diseases (6/5/07) - Photodyamic Therapy for Periodontal Diseases May Be
Beneficial (3/6/07) - AAP Releases Interactive Patient Risk Assessment
Tool (11/13/06) - Comprehensive Review on Use of Lasers in Periodontics Released
Today (4/4/06) - Researchers Are Studying Photodynamic Therapy as an Option to Treat Periodontal
Diseases (11/11/04) - Letter to the Editor of the New York Times: AAP Response to Times Article on Antibiotics as a First Line of Defense in Periodontal Treatment (1/24/03)
- Identifying Patients' Stress Coping Behavior Key to Treatment Outcomes
(11/27/02) - Periodontal Examinations Could Save Lives
(10/28/02) - Researchers Find Clinical Depression May Have Negative Effect on Periodontal
Treatment Outcome (4/19/02) - Study Finds Periodontal Surgery Best Bet to Keep Patients Smiling (11/21/01)
- Periodontists Help to Bridge the Dental Divide by Donating Dental Care (2/9/01)
- Some Dental Questions Are Up to You and Your Dental Professional (2/8/01)
- Patients' Deep-Rooted Fear of Periodontal Treatment Often Proves Unwarranted (11/23/99)
- New Study Finds a Mouthful of Reasons to Consider Hormone Replacement Therapy (8/30/99)
- Periostat (6/98)
Tobacco Use
- Smoking Can Harm the Long-Term Effects of Some Oral Surgery
Procedures (9/18/07) - Smoking and Sleep Top the List of Lifestyle Factors Impacting Oral
Health (5/15/07) - Secondhand Smoke Proves to Be No 'Joke' on Oral
Health (4/3/07) - Smoking Can Cause Dental Implants to
Fail (1/6/07) - Avoid The Hookah and Save Your Teeth (11/7/05)
- Smokers May Want to Kick Butt Before Dental Procedures
(11/11/03) - Cigar and Pipe Smoking Are as Dangerous as Cigarettes to Periodontal Health (1/5/01)
- Periodontists Encourage Patients To Quit Smoking Habit (3/2/00)
- Study Points to Smoking as Major Cause of Gum Disease (5/30/00)
- Smokers Have Lower Success Rates with Periodontal Treatment (10/18/99)
Periodontal Health and Oral Hygiene
- Floss Your Teeth—On the Double! (8/5/08)
- New Study Drives Home the Importance of Tooth Brushing and Dental
Flossing (8/1/06) - Guard Yourself Against Flu Germs By Maintaining Your Oral Hygiene
Equipment (11/2/04) - Pucker Up for Valentine's Day with a Healthy Mouth
(2/10/03) - Top 10 Worst Excuses for Not Brushing and Flossing
(12/19/02) - Top 10 Worst Home Remedies for Bad Breath
(12/19/02) - Deep Pockets: You May Have More Than You Think This Holiday Season
(12/12/02) - What's the Most Important Item to Bring on Vacation? (8/20/02)
- Don't Be Fooled About Your Oral Health: AAP Uncovers Common Misconceptions
(3/28/02) - Survivors May Have 32 Endangered Species Living in Their Mouths (3/19/01)
- Don't Brush Off Importance of Children's Oral Health (2/1/01)
- Periodontists Report Patients, Especially Men, Should Be More Diligent With Oral Home Care (10/11/00)
- Are Your Gums Getting the Respect They Deserve? (6/8/00)
- Tooth or Consequences: 10 Steps to Add Years
to Your Life (3/9/99) - Families and Periodontal Disease (10/13/97)
Nutrition and Obesity
- Want Healthy Gums? Hit the Dairy
Aisle (2/6/08) - Melatonin Shows Promise in the Fight Against Periodontal
Diseases (6/5/07) - Calcium Important for Nursing Mothers’ Oral
Health (1/9/07) - Obesity Is a Significant Predictor of Periodontal
Disease (2/21/06) - The End of Daylight Savings Time May Harm Your Oral Health
(9/21/05) - Nourish Your Smile with a Well-Balanced Diet
(2/24/04) - Researchers Find Link Between Obesity and Periodontal Disease
(6/2/03) - You Are What You Eat, From Your Gums Down to Your Feet (9/14/01)
- Survivors May Have 32 Endangered Species Living in Their Mouths (3/19/01)
- Low Dietary Vitamin C Can Increase Risk for Periodontal Disease (8/16/00)
- Healthy Gums Are Likely to Lie Behind Milk Mustaches (8/2/00)
Dental Implants
- Literature Review on Bone Augmentation Techniques Now
Available (3/6/07) - Smoking Can Cause Dental Implants to
Fail (1/6/07) - Implant-Supported Overdentures Are a Successful Solution for Edentulous
People (9/21/05) - Don't Be Haunted by a Toothless Grin This Season - Dental Implants Are Your Option
(10/5/04) - Reality TV Gives Americans First Look at How Immediate Loading Implants Transform Patients' Lives
(2/13/04) - Dental Implants Placed Immediately Are Successful
(2/27/03) - Periodontists Report Dental Implants Are Bringing Smiles to Patients' Faces (11/17/00)
- Dental Implants Create Beautiful Holiday Smiles (10/22/99)
- Being Long in the Tooth Doesn't Have to Equal a Shortage of Teeth (8/17/99)
Current Culture
- Steroid Abuse Harms Gingival Tissues (7/5/06)
- Reality TV Gives Contestants a New Reason to Smile
(9/18/03) - Body Piercing May Not Be So Cool After All (3/22/02)
- Survivors May Have 32 Endangered Species Living in Their Mouths (3/19/01)
- Skip the Mouth Jewelry Trend and Let a Healthy Smile Make the Fashion Statement (11/30/00)
- Secret Agent Austin Powers' Hideous Mouth Illustrates Health Care Message: Don't Forget to Floss, Baby (6/10/99)
Genetics and Tissue Regeneration
- Gene Therapy Offers Hope for Gum Disease
(2/27/03) - Orthodontic and Regenerative Therapy Work Together To Solve Complex Clinical Problems
(12/18/02) - Study Finds Genetic Basis for Risk of Periodontal Disease (11/30/00)
- Genetic Marker Common in People of European Heritage Doesn't Explain High Rates of Periodontal Disease in Chinese (2/28/00)
Video News Releases
- Americans Are Gaining Smileage from Their Tax Refunds (4/7/04)
- Dental Procedure May Reduce the Risk of Premature Births (8/1/03)
- Children's Dental Health (2/1/01)
- Healthy Gums Are Likely to Lie Behind Milk Mustaches (8/16/00)
- Study Shows Yet Another Reason Why Quitters Are Winners (5/30/00)
- Why Periodontal Disease May Pose a Risk to Your Health (7/9/98)
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The American Academy of Periodontology is an 8,000-member association of dental professionals specializing in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the gums and supporting structures of the teeth and in the placement and maintenance of dental implants. Periodontics is one of nine dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association.For more information, contact the AAP Public Affairs Department at
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