Lagunes MD, Hernández TA, Barrientos GCE, Padilla CJ, Torres BJM

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ABSTRACT

Objective: the purpose of this study was to determine whether a periodontal disease alarm sign is associated with coronary heart disease.Methods: a survey was designed and validated by trained and calibrated examiners and investigators and then applied by Stomatology resident, after the adequate calibration of the instrument and application of the survey to every patient that attended Cardiology consult during may 2007 with a confirmed diagnostic of systemic inflammation by the cardiologist in consult. The final sample consisted of 50 patients randomly enrolled with ages of 20 years or older, that fulfilled the inclusion criteria for the study. Results: the 26% of the patients had no positive signs of Periodontal Disease. A great difference on the alarm signs and symptoms was observe on the diabetic patients with cardiopaty and PD (OR 8.0 p ≤ 0.01), secondly the patients with hypertension (OR 3.4 p ≤ 0.01) and in third place patients with obesity and PD (OR 1.2 p ≥ 0.05 SN). The 81% of the patients with systemic inflammation reported positive signs of PD; compared to the 70% of the patients without coronary cardiopaty. (OR 1.9 p ≥ 0.05 SN). Conclusions: the greater prevalence of the alarm signs of Periodontal Disease was found on the diabetic patients group (15:1). Patients with Systemic Inflammation reported a greater prevalence of Periodontal Disease alarm signs. Cardiovascular risk factors associated with Systemic Inflammation that had a bigger prevalence of Periodontal Disease Signs were Diabetes Mellitus, Arterial Hypertension and Obesity.