Cardiology and periodontal disease

Are your patients with cardiovascular disease receiving periodontal care?

American Heart Association scientific statement underscores association between periodontal and heart disease.

Screening and treating periodontal inflammation matters.

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral artery disease are closely linked to periodontal inflammation and oral dysbiosis.

Patients with periodontitis have double the incidence rate ratio for cardiovascular death.

Hansen, et al. PMID: 27372888

60%

Periodontitis is associated with approximately 60% greater odds of peripheral artery disease.

Wang, et al. PMID: 31345000

32%

Individuals with periodontitis had approximately 32% greater odds of stroke in a systematic review and meta-analysis across 14 studies.

Dewan, et al. PMID: 36700798

Periodontal Disease and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association, Tran, et al. PMID: 41399933

“…there is strong evidence that treating periodontal disease improves intermediate outcome measures, such as BP, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, and inflammatory markers.”

Periodontal Disease and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association, Tran, et al. PMID: 41399933

Treating periodontal disease

↓Blood pressure

↓Inflammatory markers

↑HDL cholesterol