Abstract

PENA SISTO, Maritza et al. The periodontal disease as a risk for systemic diseases. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2008, vol.45, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-297X.

An exhaustive bibliographic review of the presence of the periodontal disease as a risk factor associated with diverse systemic diseases was made. Some authors have proposed the emergence of periodontal medicine as a new discipline to explain these associations. The evidences that appeared in the last decade shed light on the opposite side of the relation between general health and oral health, that is, the potential effects of the periodontal diseases on a wide range of organ systems. In the last years, several reports have been based on epidemiological studies in which the oro-dental diseases are associated with systemic diseases, such as cerebrovascular and respiratory disorders, diabetes mellitus and adverse results of pregnancy, due to the lipopolysaccharids and the gram-negative viable bacteria in the biofilm and proinflammatory cytokines that may enter the blood stream and influence on general health and on the susceptibility to certain diseases. The proposed models of interaction and mechanisms, as well as some evidences supporting the stated theories, are collected, giving special emphasis to the causality between both processes.

Keywords : Periodontal disease; risk; systemic diseases.

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