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Too Young for Gum Disease? Don't Count on It

Young adults may want to make a special effort to care for their teeth and gums, even if their smiles look great, according to new research on gum disease.

Gum disease can start much earlier than you might expect, without obvious symptoms, and it could boost the odds of health problems including preterm birth in affected pregnant women.

So say researchers from the dentistry school of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). Their findings were presented in Boston at the annual meeting of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

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