Dental and Periodontal Health in Acute Intermittent Porphyria.

In the inherited metabolic disorder acute intermittent porphyria (AIP), high sugar intake prevents porphyric attacks due to the glucose effect and the following high insulin levels that may lower AIP disease activity. Insulin resistance is a known risk factor for periodontitis and sugar changes diabetogenic hormones and affects dental health. We hypothesized differences in homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) scores for insulin resistance in AIP cases vs.

Apical periodontitis associates with cardiovascular diseases: a cross-sectional study from Sweden.

Background: Periodontal disease associates with systemic diseases but corresponding links regarding apical periodontitis (AP) are not so clear. Hence our aim was to study association between AP and the prevalence of systemic diseases in a study population from Sweden.

Methods: The subjects were 150 patients from a randomly selected epidemiological sample of 1676 individuals.

Increased leukotriene concentrations in gingival crevicular fluid from subjects with periodontal disease and atherosclerosis.

Recent studies indicate that periodontal disease is associated with the development of early atherosclerotic lesions in the carotid artery. Since inflammation is a key feature in both atherosclerosis and periodontal disease, a common mediator of the two diseases could be anticipated. Leukotrienes are lipid-derived inflammatory mediators recently implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and previously shown to be produced in periodontitis.

Influence of combinations of bacteria on the levels of prostaglandin E2, interleukin-1beta, and granulocyte elastase in gingival crevicular fluid and on the severity of periodontal disease.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the simultaneous presence of periodontal microbiota on inflammatory markers in gingival crevicular fluid from individuals with periodontal diseases.

Methods: A total of 82 individuals with periodontal disease (mean age: 54.3 +/- 3.

Bone height changes in individuals with periodontal disease: a 17-year prospective longitudinal study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyse changes in bone height after 17 years in smokers and non-smokers with periodontal disease, and to compare these with clinical assessment outcome.

Material And Methods: Participants comprised 50 adults with periodontitis and 18 healthy controls from a randomly selected epidemiological sample. Their mean age at the end of the study was 54.

Self-reporting of periodontal diseases and clinical assessment outcome in a Swedish urban population of smokers and non-smokers.

The aim of this study was to determine whether there is an association between self-reporting of periodontal diseases and outcome in a clinical examination, and whether any difference is present in awareness of periodontal status between smokers and non-smokers. Participants comprised 1676 adults (838 M and 838 F aged between 31 and 40 years), 564 of whom reported being smokers. Subjects were asked via questionnaire whether they thought they had periodontal disease and why.