Can Gum Disease Affect Your Overall Health?

Can Gum Disease Affect Your Overall Health? (1:48)

Gum disease can negatively affect your overall health, including the heart, lungs and even future pregnancies, says Dr. Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA, an emergency room doctor. In this video, learn how this condition is actually reversible.

Darria Long Gillespie, MD

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About Darria Long Gillespie, MD

Darria Long Gillespie, MD is Executive Vice President, Clinical Strategy at Sharecare, Assistant Professor at Emory University School of Medicine and works as an emergency room doctor in the Emory University Hospital Emergency Department.

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