Selected Abstracts from the Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society of Peridontology, Bergen, June 9-12 2011

摘要

Abstract Background Over the last decades, periodontal diseases have been discussed as a possible risk factor for systemic diseases with an inflammatory origin. Objective To investigate if adult patients with periodontitis attending the dental school in Huddinge, Sweden, had more signs of systemic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, pulmonary diseases, specifically asthma bronchiale, compared to healthy patients or those patients with gingivitis. Design In this retrospective study, dental charts were examined where the periodontal diagnoses were known. A total of 325 patients with severe periodontitis and 149 patients without periodontitis born 1928–1968 were identified. The diagnosis regarding the systemic diseases was self-reported. Odd ratios for all cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus and pulmonary diseases were calculated with a logistic regression model adjusted for age, gender, and smoking. Results A total of 44.3% of those with severe periodontitis also had cardiovas...