background and aim: recently some evidence has been presented that periodontal disease is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. the hypothesis of this study is that periodontitis may be associated with elevated blood lipid levels, a known risk factor for atherosclerotic disease. methods & materials: the levels of plasma lipids was measured in 40 subjects with chronic peri...

conclusions it seems that cohort studies with larger sample sizes on the relationship between periodontitis and cholesterol level (total, hdl, ldl) are necessary. background many studies show that periodontitis is a risk factor for serum lipid levels increase. on the other hand, the increase of serum lipids is clearly a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. objectives the current study aimed...

background: c-reactive protein (crp) is an acute phase reactant and has been proved to be a significant predictor of future cardiovascular events. recent studies have demonstrated a correlation between periodontitis and elevated crp levels. however, comparison between the levels of crp in two main forms of periodontitis is ambiguous. this study aims at determining and comparing the relative lev...

background. visfatin (pre-b-cell colony-enhancing factor) is a salivary biomarker secreted from a variety of cells and is thought to have some proinflammatory and immune-modulating effects. this study compared salivary concentrations of visfatin in patients with chronic periodontitis and periimplantitis and healthy individuals. methods. in this cross-sectional and descriptive trial, patients we...

background periodontitis is a local chronic inflammatory condition of the supporting structures of the teeth resulting from a dental plaque biofilm attached to teeth surfaces. recent studies have indicated that this oral disease may have effects on systemic health. objectives the aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between periodontitis and hyperlipidemia. patients and meth...

relationship of salivary rankl and opg with periodontal disease in type 1 diabetic patients      dr. ghasemi m .,1 dr. sattari m., 2 dr. khamseh me., 3 dr. kavoli s. 4    1 associate professor, department of periodontics , school of dentistry, islamic azad university. tehran, iran .   2 associate professor, department of immunology , school of medicine, shahid beheshti university of medical sci...

objective: evidence shows periodontally infected patients may be at a higher risk of thrombotic accidents and adverse pregnancy outcomes, via induced systemic inflammatory mediators' production. some authors have concluded that increase in systemic inflammatory markers occurs together with increase in serum levels of auto antibodies including anti-cardiolipin antibody (acla). the aim of the pre...

background: there is a strong evidence that genetic as well as environmental factors affect the age of onset, severity and lifetime risk of developing periodontitis. the objective of the present study was to compare and to evaluate the association between interleukin (il)-1α(-889) and gene polymorphisms in patients with generalized aggressive periodontitis, chronic periodontitis and healthy con...