An examination of the risk of periodontitis for nonfatal cardiovascular diseases on the basis of a large insurance claims database.
Nicky G F M BeukersGeert J M G van der HeijdenNaichuan SuOnno van der GaliënVictor E A GerdesBruno G LoosPublished in: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology (2022)
This study based on a healthcare insurance cohort shows that PD can hardly be regarded as a risk factor for nonfatal ACVD. The increased risk is of minor size, and therefore, the proposed role of PD in the development of ACVD events should be reconsidered. Possibly PD plays a role as a risk factor in younger people due to overlapping genetic risk factors of ACVD and a more aggressive course of PD.