GINGIVITIS AND PERIODONTITIS LINKED TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

The past half century has seen the meaning of oral health evolve from a narrow focus on teeth and gingiva to the recognition that the mouth is the center of vital tissues and functions that are critical to total health and well-being across the life span. A good overall review of the relationship between Periodontal Disease and other systemic diseases may be found at the website of the American Academy of Periodontology, http://www.perio.org/.

The most significant research finding was that of The First National Health and Nutrition Examination which followed 9760 subjects for 14 years. This survey found that individuals with periodontitis at baseline has a 25% greater chance of having coronary artery disease.

It was once thought that the presence of subgingival plaque and calculus resulted in gingivitis and that if left untreated, gingivitis would always progress into periodontitis. More recently it has been shown that certain bacteria cause periodontal disease.

US Department of Health and Human Services, Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General- Executive Summary, Rockville, MD: National Institute and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, 2000. www.nider.nih.gov/sgr/execsumm.htm.

This report, and the actions produced by it, will have great impact on the expanding role of dentistry, and the way that dentistry is practiced as an integral part of the health care system in the future. Some key quotations from the report;

"The terms oral health and general health should not be interpreted as separate entities. Oral health is integral to general health; this report provides important reminders that oral health means more than healthy teeth and that you cannot be healthy without oral health."

"A thorough oral examination can detect signs of nutritional deficiencies as well as a number of systemic diseases, including microbial infections, immune disorders, injuries, and some cancers. Indeed, the phrase, "the mouth is a mirror" has been used to illustrate the wealth of information that can be derived from examining oral tissues."

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