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Editorial Volume 10 Issue 1
Cardiovascular issues and oral health: what is the correlation?
Carolina dos Santos Santinoni,
Gabriel Leonardo Magrin, Marco Aurélio Bianchini, Gláucia Santos Zimmermann, Cesar Augusto Magalhães Benfatti, Ricardo de Souza Magini
Professors at Dental School of Federal University of Santa Catarina – UFSC, Brazil
Correspondence: Carolina dos Santos Santinoni, Professor at Undergraduate Dental School of Federal University of Santa Catarina – UFSC, Brazil
Received: June 27, 2024 | Published: June 28, 2024
Citation: Santinoni CS, Magrin GL, Bianchini MA, et al. Cardiovascular issues and oral health: what is the correlation? Adv Tissue Eng Regen Med. 2024;10(1):69. DOI: 10.15406/atroa.2024.10.00151
Abstract
More than half of the world's population has some type of cardiovascular disease, the most prevalent being high blood pressure. Several mechanisms correlate high blood pressure with periodontitis (a disease that affects the supporting tissues of the teeth). The purpose of this editorial is to comment on these mechanisms and present current scientific evidence on the topic.
Keywords: cardiovascular diseases; periodontitis; heart disease risk factors
Novelty statement
- The dysbiosis that occurs in untreated periodontal disease promotes metabolic abnormalities.
- In periodontitis, bacteremia can occur, bringing pathogenic bacteria to different parts of the body.
- Systemic inflammation can be observed, with an increase in pro-inflammatory markers in the presence of dysbiotic periodontal biofilm.
Editorial
The importance of the correlation between oral and systemic health has been increased. Scientific data have demonstrated that patients who have periodontitis (a disease that affects the supporting tissues around the teeth) are at risk of myocardial infarction and stroke. Furthermore, patients with periodontitis and a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease (such as high blood pressure) are at greater risk of complications. Periodontitis could lead to deteriorating cardiovascular health due to chronic systemic inflammatory disease.
A key factor to be considered is that individuals who have cardiovascular diseases have habits that are risk factors for increasing the severity of periodontal diseases, such as smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, poor diet, stress, and sedentary lifestyle.
Based on the growing scientific evidence of the difference between cardiovascular health and oral health, the European Academy of Periodontology and the World Heart Federation recommend that patients diagnosed with cardiac changes should adhere to a regular program of visits to the dentist to treatment, maintenance, and prevention of oral diseases.
Periodontal therapy may contribute to improved outcomes in cardiovascular health due to decreased systemic inflammation. Maintaining general health is part of oral health care and vice versa.1–4
Acknowledgments
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Conflicts of interest
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Funding
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