What is it about?
Heart disease particularly disease of heart vessels is an increasingly important medical and public health problem. Besides well known risk factors and ethnicity, a number of emerging risk factors may explain the undue prevalence of disease of heart vessels which can lead to heart attack. Periodontal disease that is, the disease of teeth and gums is one of them. In fact, dental diseases and heart diseases share some common risk factors including diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome.
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Why is it important?
Presence of dental disease can increase the risk of heart attack. So, maintenance of good oral health may prevent heart disease.
Perspectives
People are often unaware of the importance of oral hygiene and the impact of dental diseases.The paper discusses different aspects of the link between dental diseases and diseases of heart vessels in the context of Bangladeshi population, which may be applicable to other nations as well. i think, the paper will enrich the existing knowledge of the readers, and help motivating them to maintain good dental hygiene.
Dr AKM Monwarul Islam
Jessore Medical College, Bangladesh
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This page is a summary of: Link between Periodontal Disease and Coronary Artery Disease: Bangladesh Perspective, Cardiovascular Journal, November 2014, Bangladesh Journals Online (BanglaJOL),
DOI: 10.3329/cardio.v7i1.20800.
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