WOMEN, STRESS AND DENTISTRY
Researchers at Roper Starch Worldwide, a New York based marketing and
media research organization, have studied 30,000 people between the ages
of 13 to 65 in 30 countries. What they found was that money and work were
the most common causes of stress among women.
Of couples who lived together, approximately 24% of women felt stress
each day compared with only 19% of the men. Women executives or professionals
reported feeling more stress than men. Nearly one in four full-time working
mothers studied, felt stress almost every day.
With this, people who have high levels of stress and are unable to deal
with it, have a greater chance for developing periodontal disease. Studies
by Dr. Genco, and others from the School of Dental Medicine at Buffalo,
NY, found that financial stress was the type of stress that could increase
one's periodontal status the most.
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