Association between periodontal inflammation and hypertension using periodontal inflamed surface area and bleeding on probing.

CONCLUSION: PISA and BoP describe the association of periodontal inflammation and hypertension with subtle differences. The contribution of local inflammation to the global inflammatory burden might explain the observed findings. PMID: 31680283 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31680283?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Clinical Periodontology - November 3, 2019 Category: Dentistry Authors: Pietropaoli D, Del Pinto R, Ferri C, Marzo G, Giannoni M, Ortu E, Monaco A Tags: J Clin Periodontol Source Type: research