Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 4

Inverse Paradigm: A Relation between Periodontal Disease and Coronary Artery Disease

1Reader, Department of Periodontics and Oral Implantology, Surendera Dental College and Hospital, Sri Ganganagar

2Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Surendera Dental College and Hospital, Sri Ganganagar

3Senior Lecturer, Department of Periodontics and Oral Implantology, Surendera Dental College and Hospital, Sri Ganganagar

4Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Surendera Dental College and Hospital, Sri Ganganagar

*Corresponding author: Jyothi Dundappa, Reader, Department of Periodontics and Oral Implantology, Surendera Dental College and Hospital, Sri Ganganagar - 335001. Email id: jyothi.dundappa.d@gmail.com, Mobile No. 07568246979

Online published on 6 November, 2014.

Abstract

Evidence from epidemiologic studies suggests that periodontal infections are independently associated with subclinical and clinical atherosclerotic vascular disease (AVD). Although the strength of the reported associations is modest, the consistency of the data across diverse populations and a variety of exposure and outcome variables suggests that the findings are not spurious or attributable only to the effects of confounders.

Keywords

Atherosclerosis, Periodontitis, Oral Bacteria, Bacteremia