Mom was right to nag you, keeping up with your dental hygiene helps fend off heart attacks. According to scientists at University College London. The links between gum disease and heart problems have been getting a brush up recently, and now it's been quantified. Cleaning your teeth twice a reduces your risk by a gleaming 70 percent. Poor oral hygiene increases bacteria that causes inflammation in the body responsible for pump disease. So avoid heart problems and develop a Hollywood grin with just two brushes a day that'll give you something to smile about.