{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Wellesley Dental Group Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.wellesleydentalgroup.com\/blog","author_name":"Heather Smith","author_url":"https:\/\/www.wellesleydentalgroup.com\/blog\/author\/hsmith2\/","title":"New Study on Oral Bacteria and Brain Abscesses - Wellesley Dental Group Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gKNMQScf6A\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellesleydentalgroup.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/new-study-on-oral-bacteria-and-brain-abscesses\/\">New Study on Oral Bacteria and Brain Abscesses<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wellesleydentalgroup.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/new-study-on-oral-bacteria-and-brain-abscesses\/embed\/#?secret=gKNMQScf6A\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;New Study on Oral Bacteria and Brain Abscesses&#8221; &#8212; Wellesley Dental Group Blog\" data-secret=\"gKNMQScf6A\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.wellesleydentalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"We all know how influential bacteria can be on our health. A new study, published in the\u00a0Journal of Dentistry, discovered break through research on bacteria and our brains. Researchers from the University of Plymouth and University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust examined brain abscesses and their link to bacteria known to cause oral infections. They looked at 87 patient records who were admitted to the hospital with brain abscesses and analyzed the microbiology data from their abscess samples. Only 35 of the patients had an exact cause of the abscess\u00a0identified. They found that of the 52 patients where a cause of the abscess had not been found, they were approximately 3 times as likely to have [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.wellesleydentalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/abscesses-1024x631.jpg"}