SubscribeALREADY more than 400 years, green tea drinks popular as efficacious for Asians. Recently in The Journal of Periodontology, researchers found that consuming green tea regularly can improve dental health and gum.
Apparently, green tea can reduce the symptoms of periodontal disease (inflammatory diseases) that affect chronic gum and tooth supporting tissue, which is concerned with the development of other diseases, heart disease and diabetes.
Green tea contains the antioxidant catechin. These antioxidants improve periodontal health and disease away.
“The periodontal believe that maintaining healthy gums is essential to maintaining a healthy body,” said Dr. David Cochran DDS PhD, President of the AAP and Chair of the Department of Periodontics, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.