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Review
. 2024 May 24:43:100407.
doi: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2024.100407. eCollection 2024 Jul.

More than just teeth: How oral health can affect the heart

Steven Hopkins  1 , Saivaroon Gajagowni  1 , Yusuf Qadeer  1 , Zhen Wang  2   3 , Salim S Virani  4   5 , Jukka H Meurman  6 , Roman Leischik  7 , Carl J Lavie  8 , Markus Strauss  7   9 , Chayakrit Krittanawong  10
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More than just teeth: How oral health can affect the heart

Steven Hopkins et al. Am Heart J Plus. .

Abstract

Epidemiological evidence has revealed a potential relationship between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Consensus regarding a link between these pathologies remains elusive, however, largely secondary to the considerable overlap between risk factors and comorbidities common to both disease processes. This review article aims to update the evidence for an association by summarizing the evidence for causality between periodontitis and comorbidities linked to CVD, including endocarditis, hypertension (HTN), atrial fibrillation (AF), coronary artery disease (CAD), diabetes mellitus (DM) and hyperlipidemia (HLD). This article additionally discusses the role for periodontal therapy to improved management of the comorbidities, with the larger goal of examining the value of periodontal therapy on reduction of CVD risk. In doing so, we endeavor to further the understanding of the commonality between periodontitis, and CVD.

Keywords: CVD; Oral health; Teeth.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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