Kalpak Peter
Government Dental College & Hospital, India
Title: Impact of Periodontal disease on systemic health- An insight into the perplex
Biography
Biography: Kalpak Peter
Abstract
According to World Health Organization major chronic diseases currently account for about 40% and by the year 2020 it is expected to rise to 60% of the global burden of all the disease. The most prominent of these diseases are cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and diabetes mellitus which are linked by common biological and behavioural risk factors. Periodontal disease is a ubiquitously prevalent oral disease and as well it contributes to the global burden of chronic diseases. Interestingly, the interplay of common and modifiable risk factors between periodontal disease and other systemic diseases can lead to distinct health profiles at country and community levels.
Throughout the history of mankind there has been a belief that oral diseases can have an effect on overall health and certain aspects of this doctrine have been part of dentistry for a long time. The possible contribution of oral bacteria in periodontal pockets to bacterial endocarditis has been acknowledged for decades. The present paper confronts an altogether broader perspective wherein it focuses on recent research that increasingly substantiates a role for periodontitis in affecting systemic health. Agonistically, over the years oral health has been invariably neglected in health care system and therefore in this era of modern medicine, dentistry necessitates to be elevated to the forefront in delivering optimum health care to the population worldwide.
This monograph is therefore intended to shed light on perplex of the relationship between periodontal disease and various systemic diseases and to understand the potential influence of periodontal disease on systemic health.