The benefits of good oral hygiene don’t stop with a sparkling smile and healthy gums. Frequent dental visits, presumably a marker of good periodontal health, appear to be linked to a lower risk for adenomas and sessile serrated polyps (ssPs), researchers have found.
“We think dental care may affect the microbiome. We found that for frequent dental visits, compared with no visits, there was at least a suggestion of a protective effect,” said Samara Rifkin, MD, of the Johns