Autoimmune Series: Oral Health Impact of Psoriasis

Psorisasis and oral health

This month we’re going to focus on a more well known autoimmune disease that affects 8 million Americans and more than 125 million individuals across the world; psoriasis. Psoriasis is the result of skin cells reproducing too quickly as a result of the immune response. When the body is not able to shed these excess … Read more

Autoimmune Series: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Oral Health

Rhumatoid Arthritis and oral health

We’re kicking off a new blog series here at Ballard Dental Arts! For the rest of 2019, we will be highlighting different autoimmune diseases bimonthly and discussing their impacts on oral health, and vice versa. Autoimmune diseases are wide ranging diseases that affect many systems of the body but commonly, the diseases cause the body … Read more