Saúde Bucal: Pesquisa Atual

Association between Periodontal Disease and Cardiovascular Disease

Gurman Mallhi

There has been recent surge of information in various studies thathave demonstrated that there may be correlations between heartdisease and periodontitis. We must anticipate at this point in timethat there do appear some connections between periodontitis andcardiovascular disease. There seems an apparent possibility thatthe patients who are at risk for one disease may be genetically atrisk for another.