Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is the cause of cervical cancer and oropharyngeal cancer (head and neck). Risk of head and neck cancer can be reduced with greater attention to hygiene here.
"Quite a lot of oropharyngeal cancers are caused by HPV so we try to uncover the missing link between the lack of guarding oral hygiene as well as HPV infection," said Christine Markham, researchers from the University of Texas Prevention Research Center.
Departing from the suspicion that the condition of the teeth and mouth clean is not easy to make a person infected with HPV virus, Markham and his team collected data from 3,439 people with HPV infections that followed the U.S. national health survey.
The study participants were asked to rate their oral hygiene scale is very low. They were then asked several times, put mouthwash in the last week, and if they suffer from periodontal disease.
Generally, people without dental hygiene here, or history of gum disease had a higher risk of HPV infection 50 percent compared to those with the condition of your teeth and mouth clean.
Relationship between oral hygiene and HPV infection falls Although other risk factors into account, such as having multiple or*l s*x pa**tners.
Condition of the teeth and oral hygiene is less likely to make it easier HPV virus enters the body.
"Someone that HPV may have been exposed through or*l s*x, but the virus is still door is required to enter the body., Whether the conditions are bad mouth someone, for example, he had a sore or inflamed gums, can the entry be to the virus, "he said.
Markham and therefore concluded that the maintenance of oral health is important to HPV infection, especially those that prevent contact with this virus.
Oral hygiene was not enough, only saved by brushing. If the composition of the teeth is not uniform, it is advisable to clean the remaining dirt with dental floss. . Ask your dentist twice a year to the dentist, so you can take care of all dental problems sunsets as soon as possible
