ArticleJournal of periodontal research2022
Regular dental visits, periodontitis, tooth loss, and atherosclerosis: The Ohasama study.
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- Discontinuation of dental care and systemic diseases of persons in need of long-term home care - an observational study from the InSEMaP project with German health insurance claims data.BMC geriatrics · 2026Observational
- Radiomic features and carotid stenosis in periodontitis a two stage bootstrap and multimodal machine learning study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Periodontitis and systemic diseases: insights into the correlation, mechanisms, and clinical implications.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- [Formula: see text] : explainable attentive transformers for identifying the factors influencing dental visits to enhance dental data completeness.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Exosomal miR-155-5p promote the occurrence of carotid atherosclerosis.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2024Article
- Impact of periodontitis on circulating cell-free DNA levels as a measure of cardiovascular disease.Clinical oral investigations · 2023Article
- Associations of Dental Health With the Progression of Hippocampal Atrophy in Community-Dwelling Individuals: The Ohasama Study.Neurology · 2023Article
- Localized periodontitis severity associated with carotid intima-media thickness in young adults: CHIEF atherosclerosis study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Regular dental visits, periodontitis, tooth loss, and atherosclerosis: The Ohasama study.Journal of periodontal research · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe aimed to explore the association between regular dental visits and atherosclerosis and between periodontitis, number of remaining teeth, and atherosclerosis among community dwellers in Japan.
backgroundFew studies have examined the association between regular dental visits, periodontitis, tooth loss, and atherosclerosis in community dwellers in Japan.
methodsThe participants of this cross-sectional study included community dwellers aged ≥55 years and residing in Ohasama. Exposure variables were regular dental visits; periodontitis, defined as radiographic alveolar bone loss (BL); the Centers for Disease Control/American Academy of Periodontology (CDC/AAP) classification; and number of remaining teeth. The primary outcome was atherosclerosis, defined as maximum carotid intima-media thickness ≥1.1 mm or confirmation of atheromatous plaque.
resultsOf 602 participants, 117 had atherosclerosis. In the multivariate model, compared to those with regular dental visits, the odds ratio (OR) (95% confidence intervals [CIs]) of atherosclerosis among those with the absence of regular dental visits was 2.16 (1.03-4.49). Regarding BL-max, compared with those in the first quartile, ORs (95% CIs) of those in the second, third, and fourth quartiles were 1.15 (0.65-2.30), 0.65 (0.32-1.35), and 1.57 (0.81-3.01), respectively. Regarding CDC/AAP classification, compared to those with no or mild periodontitis, ORs (95% CIs) for those with moderate and severe periodontitis were 2.48 (0.61-10.1) and 4.26 (1.01-17.5), respectively. Regarding the number of remaining teeth, compared to those with ≥20 teeth, ORs (95%CIs) for those with 10-19 and 1-9 teeth were 1.77 (1.004-3.12) and 0.96 (0.52-1.80), respectively.
conclusionThe absence of regular dental visits and presence of periodontitis are associated with atherosclerosis among community dwellers in Japan.
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