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Gingivitis is a major risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis.
I think the reason oral health is so crucial is because your teeth are connected to your bloodstream for nourishment (at least if they are vital teeth) and it’s extremely easy for bacteria etc in your mouth to enter your bloodstream directly. That’s a unique situation compared to other places on your body.
You can get all kinds of cardiovascular viruses/infections this way. My uncle got pericarditis this way.
If you have an abscessed tooth, treating it quickly is extremely important. An abscessed tooth can give you sepsis very quickly.
Anyway, only tangentially related, but there are a lot of anatomical issues that make your oral health really crucial to your overall health.
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