Association between periodontitis and cardiovascular risk in Spanish employed adults-The Workers' Oral Health study.

Aims: Periodontitis and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are highly prevalent non-communicable diseases, sharing an inflammatory pathogenesis and common risk factors. The objective of the present research is to assess the association between periodontitis and cardiovascular disease risk in a representative sample of the Spanish-employed population.

Methods: Cross-sectional data were obtained between 2008 and 2011 in the Workers' Oral Health (WORALTH) epidemiological study.

The association between periodontitis and cerebrovascular disease, and dementia. Scientific report of the working group of the Spanish Society of Periodontology and the Spanish Society of Neurology.

Objective: This article reviews the scientific evidence on the relationship between periodontitis and neurological disease, and particularly cerebrovascular disease and dementia. We also issue a series of recommendations regarding the prevention and management of periodontitis and these neurological diseases at dental clinics and neurology units.

Development: In response to a series of questions proposed by the SEPA-SEN working group, a literature search was performed, with no restrictions on study design, to identify the most relevant articles on the association between periodontitis and cerebrovascular disease and dementia from the perspectives of epidemiology, treatment, and the biological mechanisms involved in these associations.

Association between caries and periodontal diseases in a sample of employed adults in Spain: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To study whether there is an association between caries and periodontitis in a representative sample from employed Spanish adults.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study is part of a wide epidemiological survey (WORALTH, Workers' ORAL healTH). Oral examination was carried out in 5130 dentate subjects.

The association between metabolic syndrome and periodontitis in Spain: Results from the WORALTH (Workers' ORAL healTH) Study.

Introduction: Evidence of an association between periodontitis and MetS (metabolic syndrome) remains controversial. The objective of this study is to evaluate the association between periodontitis and MetS in a cross-sectional population survey.

Material And Methods: WORALTH (Workers' ORAL healTH) Study is a cross-sectional survey, conducted on a representative sample of the Spanish employed population, including 5154 participants.

Prediabetes and diabetes prevalence in the Workers' Oral Health Study.

Objective: To examine the association between periodontitis, diabetes, and prediabetes, assessed by fasting plasma glucose (FPG).

Materials And Methods: Workers' Oral Health Study is a cross-sectional survey conducted on a representative sample of the Spanish employed population including 5154 participants (59.5% men, aged 16-65).

Periodontal conditions among employed adults in Spain.

Aim: To assess the prevalence and severity of periodontal conditions among a representative sample of employed adults in Spain.

Material And Methods: A national cross-sectional study was conducted during 2008-2011. Periodontal status of 5130 workers, stratified by gender, age and occupation, was assessed based on Community Periodontal Index (CPI) and Clinical Attachment Level (CAL), following the WHO criteria.

Nonsurgical treatment of periodontitis.

Context: Scaling and root planing (SRP) is the gold standard treatment for most patients with chronic periodontitis. Nevertheless, in the last years, different therapeutic strategies have been proposed to improve the results of SRP and hence to avoid the need of periodontal surgical interventions in some patients with advanced periodontitis. They are based on modifications of standard therapies (such as enhancement of instrument tip designs), on development of new technologies (such as lasers), or development of alternative treatment protocols (eg, full-mouth disinfection).

Cathepsin C gene: First compound heterozygous patient with Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome and a novel symptomless mutation.

Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome (PLS) has recently been shown to be caused by mutations in the cathepsin C gene resulting in periodontal disease and palmoplantar keratosis. Thirteen different homozygous mutations have been characterised in PLS patients of different ethnic origin. In the present paper, a PLS patient is described who carries two novel mutations (706G>T and 872G>A) in the paternal and maternal chromosomes, respectively.

Metastatic lung carcinoma involving the periodontium. Report of a case.

A case of metastatic bronchogenic carcinoma to the gingiva in a 47-year-old male is reported. The gingival lesion developed as a quickly growing mass and appeared 2 months after surgical excision and radiotherapy of the lung carcinoma were completed. The gingival tumor was histopathologically diagnosed as a poorly differentiated squamous carcinoma.

Mandibular cementifying fibroma in relation to a large periodontal bone defect. Report of a case.

A cementifying fibroma associated with a large intraosseous periodontal defect is reported. This tumor was located in the lingual aspect of the first lower left molar. Therapy consisted on flap surgery, tumor excision, and placement of a bone autograft in order to fill the residual bone defect.

Peripheral blood reduction of memory (CD29+, CD45RO+, and "bright" CD2+ and LFA-1+) T lymphocytes in Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome.

A Papillon-Lefèvre patient with characteristic chronic periodontal disease and palmoplantar keratoderma was studied over a 4-year period. An abnormal T-cell phenotype was steadily observed in peripheral blood; both low numbers of CD29+ and CD45RO+ cells and a low density surface expression of CD2 and LFA-1 molecules were found. T-cell activation through CD3, CD2 and ConA, PWM and IL-2 receptors was normal; however, there was impairment in the activation via CD28.