The Emerging Concepts on the Impact of Periodontitis on Systemic Health
Journal: InTech eBooks
Year: 2012

The Emerging Concepts on the Impact of Periodontitis on Systemic Health 135 Shared risk factorsFactors that place individuals at high risk for periodontitis may also place them at high risk for systemic diseases such as cardiovascular disease.Among the environmental risk factors and indicators shared by periodontitis and systemic disease (cardiovascular disease) are tobacco smoking, stress, aging, race or ethnicity and male gender (Page, 1998). Subgingival biofilmsPresence of subgingival biofilm