Green Tea and Healthy Teeth

We have all heard of the health benefits linked with tea and weight loss, heart heart and cancer prevention, how about healthy teeth and gums?

Recently a study published in Periodontology, the official publication of the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP), irecently illustrated green tea’s ability to help reduce symptoms of periodontal disease. Periodontal disease is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the gums and bone supporting the teeth.  It is associated with the progression of other diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

940 male participants aged 49 – 59 were examined on three indicators of periodontal disease: periodontal pocket depth (PD), clinical attachment loss (CAL) of gum tissue, and bleeding on probing (BOP) of the gum tissue.  It was found that for every cup of green tea consumed a day, there was a decrease across all three indicators. The antioxidant catechin was thought to be responsible for the reduction of symptoms of periodontal disease in the study they did.

“Periodontists believe that maintaining healthy gums is absolutely critical to maintaining a healthy body,” says Dr. David Cochran, DDS, Ph.D., President of the AAP and Chair of the Department of Periodontics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. “That is why it is so important to find simple ways to boost periodontal health, such as regularly drinking green tea – something already known to possess certain health-related benefits.”

Yay! Yet another reason to drink tea on a daily basis.

Source: PR Newswire March 6, 2009

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