Endodontic Inflammatory Disease and Future Cardiovascular Events and Mortality: A Report from the PAROKRANK Study.

Introduction: Prospective studies assessing the relation between endodontic inflammatory disease and subsequent cardiovascular events are few. The present aim was to explore associations between endodontic variables and future cardiovascular events in patients with myocardial infarction and matched controls participating in the PAROKRANK (Periodontitis and Its Relation to Coronary Artery Disease) study.

Methods: Eight-hundred five patients hospitalized for a first myocardial infarction and 805 controls were recruited between 2010 and 2014.

Primary apical periodontitis correlates to elevated levels of interleukin-8 in a Swedish population: A report from the PAROKRANK study.

Aim: To explore associations between root filled teeth, primary and secondary apical periodontitis, and levels of inflammatory markers in blood from patients with a first myocardial infarction and matched controls.

Methodology: Between May 2010 and February 2014, 805 patients with a first myocardial infarction and 805 controls, matched for sex, age, and postal code area, were recruited to the multicentre case-control study PAROKRANK (periodontitis and its relation to coronary artery disease). All participants underwent a physical and oral examination, as well as blood sampling.

A Weighted Composite of Endodontic Inflammatory Disease is Linked to a First Myocardial Infarction.

Purpose: To explore a weighted composite of endodontic inflammatory disease (EID) as a risk factor for suffering a first myocardial infarction (MI).

Materials And Methods: Seven tooth-specific conditions related to EID were assessed radiographically in 797 patients suffering a first MI and 796 controls. A weighted composite of EID was calculated as the sum of all teeth, excluding third molars.

Endodontic inflammatory disease: A risk indicator for a first myocardial infarction.

Aim: To study the association between endodontic inflammatory disease and a first myocardial infarction (MI).

Methodology: The study comprised 805 patients with recent experience of a first MI, each gender, age and geographically matched with a control. Panoramic radiographs were available for 797 patients and 796 controls.

Calibration improves observer reliability in detecting periapical pathology on panoramic radiographs.

Objective: To determine whether calibration improves observer reliability when assessing DMFT-score, root-filled teeth and periapical lesions on panoramic radiographs.

Material And Methods: A sample of 100 panoramic radiographs was selected from a cohort of myocardial infarction patients ( = 797) and matched controls ( = 796). The following variables were assessed: DMFT-score, remaining teeth, root-filled teeth and periapical lesions.

Indications for Extraction before Implant Therapy: Focus on Endodontic Status.

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to evaluate endodontic status and diagnosis of teeth before extraction and their impact on treatment planning and treatment outcomes of dental implant therapy.

Methods: Data were retrieved from patient files and radiographs of 596 Swedish individuals provided with implant therapy. Patients were categorized according to diagnosis in conjunction with tooth extraction as follows: PERIO (reason for extraction: periodontitis), CARIES (reason for extraction: caries, apical periodontitis, and/or root fracture), OTHER (reason for extraction: trauma and other), and MIX (a combination of these).