TY - JOUR
T1 - Comorbidity of periodontal disease
T2 - two sides of the same coin? An introduction for the clinician
AU - Holmstrup, Palle
AU - Damgaard, Christian
AU - Olsen, Ingar
AU - Klinge, Björn
AU - Flyvbjerg, Allan
AU - Nielsen, Claus Henrik
AU - Hansen, Peter Riis
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Increasing evidence has suggested an independent association between periodontitis and a range of comorbidities, for example cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, psoriasis, and respiratory infections. Shared inflammatory pathways are likely to contribute to this association, but distinct causal mechanisms remain to be defined. Some of these comorbid conditions may improve by periodontal treatment, and a bidirectional relationship may exist, where, for example, treatment of diabetes can improve periodontal status. The present article presents an overview of the evidence linking periodontitis with selected systemic diseases and calls for increased cooperation between dentists and medical doctors to provide optimal screening, treatment, and prevention of both periodontitis and its comorbidities.
AB - Increasing evidence has suggested an independent association between periodontitis and a range of comorbidities, for example cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, psoriasis, and respiratory infections. Shared inflammatory pathways are likely to contribute to this association, but distinct causal mechanisms remain to be defined. Some of these comorbid conditions may improve by periodontal treatment, and a bidirectional relationship may exist, where, for example, treatment of diabetes can improve periodontal status. The present article presents an overview of the evidence linking periodontitis with selected systemic diseases and calls for increased cooperation between dentists and medical doctors to provide optimal screening, treatment, and prevention of both periodontitis and its comorbidities.
U2 - 10.1080/20002297.2017.1332710
DO - 10.1080/20002297.2017.1332710
M3 - Review
C2 - 28748036
SN - 2000-2297
VL - 9
JO - Journal of Oral Microbiology
JF - Journal of Oral Microbiology
IS - 1
M1 - 1332710
ER -