Periodontitis, cardiovascular disease and pregnancy outcome – focal infection revisited?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Periodontitis, cardiovascular disease and pregnancy outcome – focal infection revisited?

AU - Ide, Mark

AU - Linden, Gerard

PY - 2014/10/24

Y1 - 2014/10/24

N2 - Over the last two decades there has been a renewed interest around the possible effects of periodontal disease on both cardiovascular health and pregnancy outcome (amongst other diseases), a topic which has interested science for hundreds of years. These have led to a range of studies, workshops and consensus documents being published, with corresponding coverage in general and professional media. In this article the authors summarise the history and supporting theories behind such associations, whether clinical studies have been able to confirm these and what this might mean for general practitioners who are questioned on this topic by patients.

AB - Over the last two decades there has been a renewed interest around the possible effects of periodontal disease on both cardiovascular health and pregnancy outcome (amongst other diseases), a topic which has interested science for hundreds of years. These have led to a range of studies, workshops and consensus documents being published, with corresponding coverage in general and professional media. In this article the authors summarise the history and supporting theories behind such associations, whether clinical studies have been able to confirm these and what this might mean for general practitioners who are questioned on this topic by patients.

KW - Periodontitis

KW - Inflammation

KW - Cardiovascular Disease

KW - Pregnancy

KW - Infection

U2 - 10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.903

DO - 10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.903

M3 - Article

SN - 0007-0610

VL - 217

SP - 467

EP - 474

JO - British Dental Journal

JF - British Dental Journal

IS - 8

ER -