Associations Between Periodontal Disease and Risk for Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular Disease, and Stroke. A Systematic Review

A. Scannapieco, Frank; B. Bush, Renee; Paju, Susanna

doi:10.1902/annals.2003.8.1.38

Public

Associations Between Periodontal Disease and Risk for Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular Disease, and Stroke. A Systematic Review

Published in Annals of Periodontology • Dec 1, 2003

Authors:

Frank A. Scannapieco

Renee B. Bush

Susanna Paju

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Recent studies implicate exposure to systemic conditions involving chronic inflammation, including chronic periodontitis, in the etiology of atherosclerosis. RATIONALE: A systematic review of the literature was conducted to assess the association between chronic inflammatory periodontal ...

Subject

Medicine

Stroke (engine)

Periodontitis

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!