Autoimmune Series Part 3: How Inflammatory Bowel Diseases can affect Your Oral Health

Autoimmune Disease

Inflammatory bowel diseases, also known as IBD, represent a group of autoimmune diseases that lead to chronic inflammation in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The two main diseases associated with this group are Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Chronic inflammation ultimately damages the GI tract, resulting in symptoms that are often painful. IBD can affect any … Read more

Autoimmune Series: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Oral Health

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We’re kicking off a new blog series here at Dental Care of Sumner! For the rest of 2019, we will be highlighting different autoimmune diseases bimonthly and discussing their impacts on oral health, and vice versa. Autoimmune diseases are wide-ranging diseases that affect many systems of the body but commonly, the diseases cause the body … Read more