Bone-Degrading Substances Also Produced By Gums' Own Cells

... Our gums' own cells produce the substances that lead to the degeneration of the jawbone. This is one of the findings in a dissertation that Py Palmqvist will defend at Umea University in Sweden on January 19. The findings are important to our understanding of how inflammation leads to loosening of the teeth, arthritic rheumatism, and prostheses detaching from the body. [click link for full article] ...