Dental Calculus Is Associated with Death from Heart Infarction

Objectives. We studied whether the amount of dental calculus is associated with death from heart infarction in the dental infection—atherosclerosis paradigm. Materials. Participants were 1676 healthy young Swedes followed up from 1985 to 2011. At the beginning of the study all subjects underwent ora...

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Published in:BioMed research international 2014-01, Vol.2014 (2014), p.1-5
Main Authors: Söder, Birgitta, Meurman, Jukka H., Söder, Per-Östen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Bacteria
Biofilms
Calcification
Complications and side effects
Dental calculus
Dental Calculus - pathology
Dental plaque
Ethics
Female
Gum disease
Heart attack
Heart attacks
Hospitals
Humans
Male
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Microorganisms
Middle Aged
Mortality
Myocardial Infarction - mortality
Myocardial Infarction - pathology
Oral hygiene
Patient outcomes
Periodontal disease
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Smoking
Socioeconomic factors
Sweden
Teeth
Womens health
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Summary:Objectives. We studied whether the amount of dental calculus is associated with death from heart infarction in the dental infection—atherosclerosis paradigm. Materials. Participants were 1676 healthy young Swedes followed up from 1985 to 2011. At the beginning of the study all subjects underwent oral clinical examination including dental calculus registration scored with calculus index (CI). Outcome measure was cause of death classified according to WHO International Classification of Diseases. Unpaired t-test, Chi-square tests, and multiple logistic regressions were used. Results. Of the 1676 participants, 2.8% had died during follow-up. Women died at a mean age of 61.5 years and men at 61.7 years. The difference in the CI index score between the survivors versus deceased patients was significant by the year 2009 (P
ISSN:2314-6133
2314-6141
2314-6141
DOI:10.1155/2014/569675