Periodontal Disease, Regular Dental Care Use, and Incident Ischemic Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Periodontal disease is independently associated with cardiovascular disease. Identification of periodontal disease as a risk factor for incident ischemic stroke raises the possibility that regular dental care utilization may reduce the stroke risk.

Methods

In the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) study, pattern of dental visits were classified as regular or episodic dental care users. In the ancillary dental ARIC study, selected subjects from ARIC underwent fullmouth periodontal measurements collected at 6 sites per tooth and classified into 7 periodontal profile classes (PPCs).

Results

In the ARIC study 10 362 stroke-free participants, 584 participants had incident ischemic strokes over a 15-year period. In the dental ARIC study, 6736

SUBMITTER: Sen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5780242 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature