Pathogens Contribute to Aortic Aneurysms
When it comes to oral health and cardiovascular disease, there is much research that indicates a significant connection. Oral pathogens have been implicated time and…
Category Archives: Cardiovascular Disease
Oral Pathogen Impairs Body’s Response to Infection
Many studies in recent years have analyzed the ways in which periodontal pathogens travel through the body and incite an immune response that elevates risk…
Pathogens & Plaque—What’s the Connection?
It has been well established that periodontal pathogens are capable of moving around the body, affecting organs and systems in a variety of ways. They…
Periodontitis: A Trigger for Heart Disease?
Despite advancements in the detection and treatment of cardiovascular events, heart disease remains the number one killer of humans worldwide, claiming over 17 million lives…
Caries Bacteria Linked with Heart Disease
Since the beginning of the oral-systemic health movement, oral health and cardiovascular disease have been linked, though whether or not the relationship is causal has…
This is Your Heart on Oral Bacteria
The age-old question: Does gum disease cause heart disease? New research performed at the University of Göttingen suggests this may, in fact, be the case….
Do Oral Pathogens Increase Heart Disease Risk?
Research presented in an article in the Journal of the American Society for Microbiology has added another stone to the mountain of research connecting periodontal…
Heart Disease & Alzheimer’s Connected?
There is a significant connection between heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers concluded,…
Why You’re Not Out of the Woods After Surviving a Heart Attack
The remnants of a common oral bacterium can cause serious complications after a heart attack, according to a new study entitled “Systemic Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide…
What Really Causes Heart Disease
When you think of heart disease, you probably think of a cross-section of a heart valve that’s lined with cholesterol. Why, then, do 50% of…