Breast Cancer Awareness Month spans the whole of October, and is an important opportunity for you and your practice to help patients understand more about the disease and its links to oral health, as well as raise some funds to support a very important cause.
According to research, the risk of developing breast cancer is up to three times higher in women who have periodontal disease. This is thought to be because the body’s systematic inflammation that originates in infected gums triggers the cell mutations that create breast cancer tumours. Another suggested link is that bacteria entering the circulatory system through infected gums can eventually end up in the breast and cause tumours to form.
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