PERIODONTAL DISEASES AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS (LITERATURE REVIEW)

Periodontal and atherosclerosis-induced diseases.

AIM This article reviews the available studies assessing the association between chronic inflammatory periodontal diseases with atherosclerosis-induced diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and their complications, using standard evidence based criteria. METHODS This study is based on a literature search using Medline medical database covering the period from 2001 to April 2006 and applying spec...

Is Photodynamic Therapy Effective in Treatment of Periodontal Diseases? A Review of Literature

Influence of periodontitis and nonsurgical periodontal intervention on atherosclerosis diseases

Objective: Periodontitis and atherosclerosis diseases are chronic inflammatory disorders which are highly prevalent in populations. Nonsurgical periodontal intervention belongs to the initial therapy strategy to periodontal diseases. Periodontal pathogen can enter into blood stream through the ulceration epithelial resulting in bacteraemia when periodontitis is severe. The objective is to inves...

Cardiovascular Diseases and Periodontal Diseases: Review and Update

Accumulated evidence has strongly suggested that the long-term effects of periodontal diseases can be linked to more serious systemic conditions such as cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and diabetes. Especially a prevalence of coronary heart disease is found to be significantly increased in patients with periodontitis after adjusting the risk factors such as smoking, diabetes, and blood pressure. ...

Early carotid atherosclerosis in subjects with periodontal diseases.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There is growing experimental evidence implicating chronic inflammation/infection as an atherosclerotic risk factor. In this study, the involvement of periodontal disease in the development of early atherosclerotic vascular lesions has been evaluated. METHODS In randomly chosen 82 patients with periodontal disease and 31 periodontally healthy individuals subjected to a ...