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Photo by B-D-S Piotr Marcinski / Shutterstock.com Looking for another reason to keep those pearly whites gleaming? Tooth decay and gum disease can impact more than just your smile. Advanced periodontal disease “is linked with other health problems, such as cardiovascular disease, stroke and bacterial pneumonia,” according to the American …

Before the pandemic, it was not unusual for Tiffany Foy and a team of other dental hygienists to visit schools in rural and urban parts of Oregon to treat the teeth of thousands of children in a year. Many of the children they examined had cavities, painful abscesses and “big …