Your gums are clearly connected to every part of your body. Is there a part where the blood supply is not an integral part in sustaining life in this marvelous living organism we call home. When you have gum disease or sore gums, you have a low-grade infection in you mouth. This sometimes impacts other organs in distant parts of the body. Some common examples are the brain, heart, arthritis and bone loss in distant places. Chemicals that cause the loss of bone around the teeth travel in the blood stream to distant areas like the spine causing break down in the boney structure.