Dental Health Linked to Cardiovascular Disease

According to earlier studies on oral inflammation that occurs before periodontitis, greater inflammation is an indication that there the individual has a smaller amount healthy artery and a possible increased chance of developing cardiovascular disease.

One of the study’s authors, Dr Trevor King from McMaster University explained that “even in young healthy adults, low levels of oral inflammatory load may have an impact on cardiovascular health—one of the leading causes of death in North America.”

This study has similar results to those conducted before, and scientists hypothesized that mouth-to-vascular system inflammation would affect the arteries’ capacity to generate nitric oxide, which enables them to react to variations in blood flow.

Head of the study, Ker-Yung Hong from McMaster University, said that they are “starting to see more relationships between oral health and risk of cardiovascular disease. If we are seeing that oral health may have an impact on the risk of developing cardiovascular disease even in young healthy individuals, this holistic approach can be implemented earlier on.”

Another one of the authors, Dr Michael Glogauer from the University of Toronto, explained that “the mouth rinse test could be used at your annual check-up at the family doctors or the dentist. It is easy to implement as an oral inflammation measuring tool in any clinic.”

The study’s authors came to the conclusion that regardless of an individual’s age and state of health, cardiovascular disease can be influenced by dental hygiene.

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