The role of dentists in the diagnosis of arterial hypertension associated with periodontal disease: integrative literature review
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Periodontal Disease, Arterial Hypertension, Cardiovascular Diseases, Randomized Controlled TrialAbstract
This study aimed to conduct an integrative literature review on the relationship between periodontal disease and arterial hypertension. A search was performed on PubMed using the Boolean operator AND with the following MeSH descriptors: “periodontal disease” and “arterial hypertension”. The following filters were applied: randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in the last ten years. The inclusion criterion involved RCTs that simultaneously evaluated periodontal disease and arterial hypertension. The exclusion criteria referred to studies that evaluated other diseases and articles written in languages other than English. After reading, selecting, and organizing the studies, the final sample for result extraction comprised three articles out of the nine retrieved titles. These RCTs included a total of 308 patients. Although few RCTs have investigated the relationship between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease, all analyzed studies indicated a beneficial effect of periodontal treatment on the reduction or improvement of arterial hypertension control. Further research is needed to clarify this relationship.
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