The Dental Health and Wellness Center is now conducting early detection tests for heart attacks and other serious diseases. Read More

Chicago, Ill. (October, 2008) – New Facts: A year’s worth of studies show that over one fifth of the periodontal patients who received FDA approved blood tests in their dental offices were then diagnosed by their physicians withcancers, diabetes, pre-diabetes, high risk for heart attack or stroke, or another serious medical condition.

The bottom line -- Dentists can save your life. People typically visit their dentists more often than they see their doctors. Dentists can therefore play a crucial role in the early detection of serious diseases. Dr. Kevin Flood is a Grand Rapids dentist with over 25 years of experience.

Dr. Flood and his Dental Health and Wellness Center are leading a movement to raise awareness that bleeding gums are the most common warning light for diagnosis of over 20 different medical conditions including diabetes, heart disease, colon cancer, Hodgkins lymphoma,and a host of other problems.

Dr. Flood is one of thousands of dentists who believe that millions of lives can be saved by in-office testing using convenient and affordable FDA approved blood testing kits which test for C-reactive protein, a marker for inflammation.

Flood uses a simple process on patients he sees in his office. This process is quick and easy and can help speed the diagnosis andproper steps towards treatment. Easy to use blood test kits come with a patient release form and instructions on how to do the test. The test takes just three drops of blood. The samples are mailed to a laboratory, and results are sent back to the dentist within ten days.

Flood is spreading the word about his procedure and training other dental offices on test implementation.