Periodontal Inflammation and Its Relationship with the Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases: Literature Review

Abstract

For dental practice today, it has become important to emphasize the relevance of periodontal inflammation and oral microorganisms in the development and progression of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases. Generally, the focus on PI as a causal factor of CVD is due to the great complexity and interaction that present the Gram-negative bacteria characteristic of chronic periodontal disease with the vast vascularization of the stomatognathic system. In many recent studies, researchers examined the association at the cellular and molecular level between periodontal and cardiovascular diseases.  Although the specific causal correlation as a determining risk factor has not been established, it seems that periodontal disease is associated with several systemic diseases. In this connection, atherosclerosis is important in recent years. There is a possibility of an association documented in several field investigations, and this one refers to a systemic bacteremia caused by poor oral hygiene, which in turn can cause bacterial growth on the atherosclerotic plaques located in the coronary arteries, which possibly.