Drs. Mackler, Siurek and Associates, Inc.

Helping Patients Understand the Suspected Link Between Gum Disease and Heart Attack/Stroke
As your health-care providers, we believe that patient education is one of the best ways we can help you stay healthy. Therefore, we would like to share with you that there is a growing body of research you stay healthy. Therefore, we would like to share with you that there is a growing body of research that suggests that infection from the oral cavity may increase the risk and complications for a num-that suggests that infection from the oral cavity may increase the risk and complications for a number of serious diseases and conditions. Heart disease and stroke are among these. Click here to read the whole article...

Helping Patients with Diabetes Understand the 2-Way Relationship Between Diabetes and Gum Disease:
Most people think of gum disease, or periodontal disease, as in infection localized to the oral cavity with tissue destruction confined to the mouth. However, mounting research over the last 20 years provides evidence that pathways of inflammation link oral infections, such as periodontal disease, to whole body damage. The strongest evidence of a link relates to diabetes and periodontal disease. Click here to read the whole article...