Researchers Find Children With Heart Conditions More Likely To Have Poor Oral Health

HealthDay  (2/10) reports new research suggests that “children with heart conditions are more likely to have poor oral health and teeth in fair or poor condition than those without heart conditions.” Using “data from the 2016 to 2019 National Survey of Children’s Health,” researchers found that when “compared with those without heart conditions, those with heart conditions were more likely to have poor oral health (17.2 versus 13.7 percent) and teeth in fair or poor condition (9.9 versus 5.3 percent).” The findings  were published in the Feb. 11 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.