Oral Cavity Serves as Long-Term COVID-19 Reservoir with Increased Periodontal and Viral Disease Risk:
-COVID-19 history significantly correlates with severe oral health complications while vaccination reduced but did not eliminate these issues.
“I'm working with a patient who has post-COVID periodontal issues. I'd like to share some of the resources and research I have and hear from those who have experienced this. Please share any treatments or trials you're aware of! 🦷💙🦷”
This research is about so much more than the reason so many people have hideous dental problems after Covid like teeth just dropping straight out. 🔥 🦷 Quick translation of that science-word-salad headline: (deep breath) Covid can mess with the way cells generate energy leading to cell and tissue death and tissue scarring, in this instance in the tissue of your gums that supports and connects them to your teeth.
And that process is discussed here in regards to dental health, but it has implications throughout the body, including lung and heart health and regarding conditions like long covid.
Related: Persistent capillary rarefication in long COVID syndrome "Compared with healthy controls, the capillary density of #LongCovid patients was decreased by 41%"
"Our data strongly suggest that COVID leaves persistent capillary rarefication even 18 months after infection"