Introduction:

In numerous studies carried out in the last 3 decades, it has been tried to attribute a causal relationship to the periodontal disease in the pathophysiology of the ischemic heart disease.

Objective:

To characterize the periodontal state of patients with ischemic heart disease and some cardiovascular risk factors.

Methods:

A cross-sectional study of 50 patients, assisted in the Coronary Cares Service of Vladimir Ilich Lenin Provincial Hospital in Holguín, was carried out from September, 2019 to January, 2020. The periodontal state was evaluated by means of the Russell Periodontal Index simplified. Some risk factors of the ischemic heart disease were explored and theoretical, empiric methods were used, as well as the descriptive statistic.

Results:

In the series there was a prevalence of the 60-69 age group (23 for 46 %); 56.0 % of the patients presented acute myocardial infarction and 62.0 % presented advanced periodontitis. Among the most frequent cardiovascular risk factors we can mention: hypertension (74.0 %) and nicotine addiction (70.0 %).

Conclusions:

In this study it was found, in great measure, the chronic periodontitis in patients with ischemic heart disease, which serves as rule for the decisions making of doctors and dentists.

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