How Practicing Yoga Offers Dental Health Benefits
Yoga not only offers an excellent way to keep your muscles and joints limber but may also help you avoid dental health issues. In fact, performing yoga several times a week, in addition to practicing good oral hygiene, will help you maintain your healthy smile.
How Yoga Protects Your Smile
Stress causes a variety of changes in your body, some very noticeable, others more subtle. When you're feeling stressed, your muscles become tense, and painful knots soon form in your shoulders, neck, and back. Muscle pain is often accompanied by stiffness and headaches that make handling stress even more challenging.
You may also experience nausea or diarrhea or feel a little short of breath when your stress level rises. Chronic stress can increase inflammation throughout the body and raise your risk of stroke, heart attack, and high blood pressure.
Anxiety and stress also take a toll on your oral health, causing a variety of dental issues, including gum disease, dry mouth, cavities, and cracked teeth.
Keeping your stress level under control with yoga can reduce your risk of:
Would you like to improve your oral health with yoga? Enrolling in a yoga class offers a fun, natural way to protect your teeth and gums.
Sources:
American Psychological Association: Stress Effects on the Body
International Journal of Yoga: Impact of Yoga on Periodontal Disease and Stress, 9 – 12/17
International Journal of Dentistry Research: Effect of Yoga on Promotion of Oral Health, 2017
WebMD: The Health Benefits of Yoga, 9/12/18
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