Vol. 6, Issue 4, Part G (2020)

Oral hygiene is essential not only for dental health but also for overall systemic well-being. Poor oral hygiene is associated with an increased risk of systemic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and respiratory infections. This study highlights the importance of preventive oral hygiene practices in reducing these risks. The relationship between oral health and diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, respiratory infections, and a decline in cognitive function, shows that oral health should also remain part of the primary prevention of diseases. Through the practices of better oral hygiene and dental check-up, there are possibilities to lessen the rate of systematic diseases and hence, there is a awesome chance to lower the sick rate, especially from oral diseases, among population by cooperation between people and healthcare systems. However, as new information is found as to how oral and systemic health are interrelated, and thus, the place of oral care in disease prevention is revealed, this conclusion becomes the more solid component of the integral concept of health care.