Caspian Journal of Internal Medicine
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Caspian J Intern Med
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10.22088/cjim
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2013
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The relationship between acute myocardial infarction and periodontitis
Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases
Original Article
Original Article
Background: Periodontitis is common in adults and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the most common cause of adult death in the world. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between CVD and periodontitis. <br> Methods: Sixty patients with myocardial infarction (MI) as case and 63 subjects with periodontitis without MI as control were studied. Periodontitis was assessed according to Ramfjord periodontal diseases index and the number of missing teeth besides classic risk factors of MI were recorded. <br>Results: The patients who lost more than 10 teeth were at more risk of myocardial infarction (OR=2.73). There was a significant relationship between mean attachment loss and MI (p=0.0001). There was also a relation between attachment loss more than 3 mm and MI with OR of 4. Significant difference between mean PDI (periodontal disease index) was seen in case and control groups (p=0.0001). Subjects with PDI>4 were at more risk of periodontal diseases (OR=7.87). <br>Conclusion: The results show the presence of significant relation between periodontitis and MI which could serve as an alarm to treat periodontitis carefully.<br>
Periodontitis, Myocardial infarction, Attachment loss, Periodontal disease index (PDI)
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Mahmoud
Khosravi Samani
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1003194753284600778
Yes
Farzad
Jalali
1003194753284600779
1003194753284600779
No
Seyyed Masud
Seyyed Ahadi
1003194753284600780
1003194753284600780
No
Seyyed Reza
Hoseini
1003194753284600781
1003194753284600781
No
Farhad
Dabbagh Sattari
1003194753284600782
1003194753284600782
No