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By , Executive Editor, Harvard Women's Health Watch

The connection between mouth and body health is stronger than you may realize.

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Instead of putting your money where your mouth is, try putting your health where your mouth is. (Hint: it’s already there.)

There’s growing recognition we can’t ignore our mouths and expect a healthy body. About 300 diseases and conditions are linked in some way to oral health — triggering some problems and worsening others, says Dr. Brittany Seymour, an associate professor of oral health policy and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

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Maureen Salamon, Executive Editor, Harvard Women's Health Watch

Maureen Salamon is executive editor of Harvard Women’s Health Watch. She began her career as a newspaper reporter and later covered health and medicine for a wide variety of websites, magazines, and hospitals. Her work has … See Full Bio
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