Down with illness not only makes the patient feel miserable but the thought of getting various blood test and scans may turn out very stressful and complicated. Medical doctors may soon be taking help of their dentist friend to make diagnosing diseases easier and quicker. There are various health problems associated with gum disease like osteoporosis, heart disease and stroke, diabetes and respiratory. According to the American Association for Dental Research the organisms inside your mouth can tell doctors a lot about your health. The proteins in saliva can reveal exactly what is happening in your body without invasive and complicated testing. The scientists believe that saliva tests could be the norm when it comes to screening for diseases as soon as 2011. They've gone through the process of mapping the so-called alphabets present in saliva.

Saliva is already used to detect particular health problems like detect exposure to lead; detect antibodies for HIV, diagnose viral hepatitis A, B, and C; monitor breast cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and cystic fibrosis.
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