Bacteria in the human mouth- Dental Health Care.

Freda Savahl
3 min readAug 21, 2020
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Friends, we all need to take good care of our teeth and gums.

In 2019 Peter, a 22 yr old Private Service member, was recently released from ICU. He spent five weeks in the hospital with Bacterial Endocarditis. His story is that he developed an infection from an abscessed tooth. Bacteria got absorbed into his bloodstream, & attacked his heart lining.

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Freda Savahl

Retired Nurse Practitioner WHC /Contract Provider Deployment Military Services. US Citizen. Immigrant from South Africa 1978.