Association between periodontal inflammation and hypertension using periodontal inflamed surface area and bleeding on probing.

Davide Pietropaoli Rita Del Pinto Claudio Ferri Giuseppe Marzo Mario Giannoni Eleonora Ortu Annalisa Monaco

Published in: Journal of clinical periodontology (2019)

PISA and BoP describe the association of periodontal inflammation and hypertension with subtle differences. The contribution of local inflammation to the global inflammatory burden might explain the observed findings.

Keyphrases

oxidative stress
blood pressure
single molecule
risk factors
arterial hypertension