OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to analyze published studies and abstracts in order to provide a quantitative summary of periodontal disease as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and to… (More)
Metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) resulting from sustained hyperglycemia are considered as risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) but the mechanism for their contribution to… (More)
AIM
To test whether the number of teeth, an inverse proxy for composite oral infection scores is associated with better survival.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The Kuopio Oral Health and Heart study… (More)
Although several epidemiologic studies reported plausible and potentially causal associations between oral infections and cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs), controversy still lingers. This might be due… (More)
Previous studies examined the serum immunoglobulin levels in relation to coronary artery disease (CAD). We hypothesized that the salivary immunoglobulins might better estimate oral infections in this… (More)
TO THE EDITOR: We read Minassian and colleagues’ article (1) with great interest. The authors’ use of a self-controlled case series (SCCS) to prove a causal relationship and their oversight of some… (More)
OBJECTIVES
In previous studies, increasing number of teeth predicted better survival and the acute needs for dental treatment predicted mortality. We sought to investigate whether restored dentitions… (More)