background:oral cavity provides variety of surfaces for bacterial attachment and colonization. these bacteria can enter the circulatory system of the human body and become pathogenic. thus chronic oral inflammations are regarded as a potent risk factor for systemic pathologies. according to literature classic risk factors only can explain half to two thirds of cardiovascular diseases and is bel...

The problem of focal infection in relation to rheumatic diseases has received too little critical consideration. The subject must be approached first from the standpoint of the nature of systemic diseases. In other words we have got to know what rheumatism and arthritis are. The term ' rheumatic diseases ' embraces a big group of various illnesses which have their chief characteristic pain in a...