Baldiness

Bad Teeth Linked to Baldness

by Laura on December 9th, 2007

Is your hair starting to thin? Perhaps a visit to your dentist, is in order. Researchers in Granada, are now saying that localized alopecia is closely connected to the infections of the teeth.

As reported by the WSCOTV Eyewitness News,

We have found that bald patches caused by tooth infection are not always in the same place. They normally appear on a line projected from the dental infection and can thus can be located on the face at the level of the maxillary teeth, above a line through the lip-angle to the scalp, beard, or even to the eyebrow. Nevertheless, they can also be located far from infection outbreak.

I find this to be a really interesting development. Right after I first was having problems with hair loss (which I attribute to recurring bouts of mono), I had to have a cyst/tumor removed from under the root of a lower molar, and because of it - I also lost the tooth. Are they linked? In my case, probably not. It was really the first time I have ever had any kind of dental problem. In this instance it was a freak thing that happened close to the time of the hair loss.

But I will always be wondering now. And I am going to start paying attention to the warning signs.

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