We look at another new review that considers an association between periodontitis and a surrogate marker of cardiovascular disease. Most of the included studies are observational and they suggests an association between increased carotid intima-media thickness and periodontitis
[read the full story...]Periodontal treatment improved several biomarkers of atherosclerotic disease
In recent years that has been increasing interest in the associations between periodontal disease and a range of systematic diseases. Towards the end of last year a joint workshop organized by the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) and the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) took place in Spain. The full papers from that meeting are [read the full story…]