Analysis of periodontal risk profiles in adults with or without a history of myocardial infarction

Abstract

The combination of five periodontal parameters in a PPRD added predictive value, suggesting that comprehensive data should be used in studies of associations between periodontitis and heart diseases. Radiographic evidence of bone loss was the best individual parameter.

Radiographic Measures of Chronic Periodontitis and Carotid Artery Plaque

“…Recently, several different measures of CP were compared in a casecontrol study of CP and acute myocardial infarct. 34 In that study, radiographic evidence of bone loss and not probing pocket-depth measures was the best individual measure of CP for predicting myocardial infarction cases. Radiographic measurement of alveolar bone is an accurate method for assessment of periodontitis [11][12][13] and compares favorably with clinical measures of periodontitis.…”

Bacteraemia due to dental flossing

“…One of the criteria suggested for periodontitis is the loss of ≥4mm bone from the cemento-enamel junction to the alveolar bone crest (Persson et al 1998, Persson et al 2003. This definition was used in a study examining the relationship between periodontitis and myocardial infarction (Renvert et al 2004). …”

Periodontal status and Prevotella intermedia antibody in acute coronary syndrome

“…We calculated periodontal scores of all patients from the data sheets written by the dentist referring to the periodontal pentagon risk diagram that was reported by Renvert et al [3]. The five vectors were shown in the Table 1.…”