Heartwarming Smiles Campaign: Putting Some Heart into Brushing your Teeth

Filed in archive Oral Health on February 28, 2010

In time for American Heart Month, WomenHeart: the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease, has partnered with Colgate-Palmolive to launch Heartwarming Smiles, a campaign to educate people on the impact oral health may have on their heart health.

Recent research suggests that poor oral health, specifically serious gum disease, may impact heart health. Heart disease is still the number one killer in the U.S., according to the CDC, yet there is a lack of communication between patients and their dentists and physicians. In fact, a new national survey found:

• More than half (53%) of Americans with primary care physicians report that they never discuss their oral health during appointments with them


• More than one in three (35%) Americans visiting dentists regularly say that they never discuss any non-dental medical issues during their dentist visits

Heartwarming Smiles hopes to spark conversations between dentists, physicians and their patients to improve oral care and heart health. Check it all out.