Dentists Know A Lot About Women’s Sex Lives!

When women think about their hormonal health, they normally consider issues related to the menopause or monthly menstruation, sexual health or weight gain. In practice any imbalance in hormones can affect total well-being. For example, women's sexuality influences many factors including emotional and physical issues. Women particularly experience the fury of these imbalances pre and post menopause and during their menstruation cycle (more commonly known as the dreaded PMS, Pre Menstrual Syndrome).

But women infrequently consider another important physical factor affecting sexual mood - gum disease, also known as the silent disease. This connection is rarely discussed and that might first seem odd, but it becomes clearer when you consider the science behind how everything works.

It is a fact that the mouth says much about our overall health. When hormones are fluctuating many tissues are affected, including our gum tissue. Gums can bleed easily, swell up, and become slightly redder during hormone related events like puberty, menopause and pregnancy.

When hormones come back into balance, the gums will not necessarily automatically recover to their healthy state. If good oral hygiene is practiced, your gums will revert to normal, if not, problems will worsen. With chronic gum inflammation, your hormones and even your immune system can be affected, resulting in a surge of problems which can eventually compromise your overall health.

Red gums, slight bleeding, and even minor swelling, are all signs of inflammation that go together with gum disease. Most people generally ignore signs of inflammation when it occurs in the mouth. Therefore it's perhaps not surprising that a study published in Journal of Periodontology reported that at least 23 percent of women aged between 30 and 54 and 44 percent of women between 55 and 90, have severe gum disease. In the general public at large, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research reported around 80 percent of adults had some form of the disease.

You may think that this is surprising in our day and age. How could so many people have gum disease? But if the truth be known, most people only visit the dentist "when it hurts". If that's you, you need a fresh perspective on oral health. This especially applies if you have a hard time managing stress or your sex life is not as exciting as it used to be.

If your immune system is healthy you find it easier to handle stress and your hormones and moods stay balanced. If you're run down, or unable to cope with stress with no interest in sex; make a visit to your dentist!

Lots of people suffer with mood changes and ill health while being treated by their GP's with drugs. The mouth is rarely considered as part of the whole picture. The fact is that drugs alone may not help if chronic gum inflammation is not treated.

Yes, we know it can sometimes be hard to find an NHS dentist willing to take you on, so get the power of Dental Insurance behind you. Get insured, go private, and watch them fling their doors open.

Believe me, there are absolutely no excuses if you fail to get regular dental check-ups or you don't practice home oral hygiene. So find a dentist, have your mouth checked over and enjoy a great love life!

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