The more and more the world of dentistry has advanced, the more it knows about the effect that having good oral hygiene has on the rest of the body; it also knows about the dark-side to this as well. If you maintain a well-balanced lifestyle and diet in the city of Leeds, your immune system will be strong and help to protect the saliva levels in your mouth and thus, protect your teeth. Do this and keep your teeth and gums happy, they will return the favour by keeping the bloodstream free from infection so you will have a healthy life and a cheerful heart. The problem is that if things start to go awry in the mouth, the body will be affected too. One of the biggest dangers to the mouth is gum disease and very moment it starts, it begins to leak poison into the blood, which of course, is then transported around the body and one of the biggest losers in this is the heart. Over time, these poisonous deposits will build up and then lead to it becoming diseased itself; if this carries on the heart will fail. The relationship between heart and gum disease is only a fairly new discovery, but it is there, which is why at the first sign of any problem in the mouth, you should get yourself to the dentists- even with the slightest of problems. Remember a healthy mouth equals a healthy heart.