This entry was posted on 8/9/2007 5:41 PM and is filed under Research.
PIRACICABA, Brazil, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- A Brazilian review found a relationship among gum diseases and psychological factors such as stress, distress, anxiety, depression and loneliness.
The review, published in the Journal of Periodontology, found 57 percent of the studies included in the review showed a positive relationship between periodontal diseases and psychological factors.
Study author Daiane Peruzzo of the State University of Campinas in Piracicaba, Brazil, speculates the hormone cortisol may play a role in the possible connection between stress and periodontal diseases. Periodontal diseases, if left untreated, can lead to bone loss or tooth loss.
