Evidencias científicas de la relación entre periodontitis y enfermedades cardiovasculares

Abstract

A lot of clinial studies have investigated the possible association between periodontitis and coronary heart disease (CHD). Some of them supports the existence of epidemiologic associaciton between them and corfirms previous investigations that have found that chronic periodontal inflammation, persistent bacterial infection with the presence of major periodontal pathogens, deep periodontal pockets, the number of missing teeth and other periodontal markers, seems to be important risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. But it will be required to do better controlled and larger studies to identify it this biological mechanism are responsible for this increased risk and provide a convincing support of a casual association and in this way periodontal treatments could prevent CHD. Since periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease are common, their association is of significant public health importance. They share common risk factors, such as increasing age, smoking, stress, socioeconomic status, and body fat metabolism, the potential for confounding is substantial.