Parodontopaties and Patients With Heart Diseases

Aim: To summarize a basic knowledge of relations between oral health and heart diseases. And further to approach an issue of focal infection of odontogenic origin. Introduction: There is a considerably high occurrence of parodontopaties and heart diseases at the present time and society. Parodontopatie caused by the action of plaque is a source of focal infection in our bodies. A risk of infective endocarditis emergence is pretty high, the risk of atherosclerosis emergence and complications related is much higher. Controls and method: My research work was conducted in two ways. 1/ First way of using two types of questionnairs: one type designed for dental hygienists and second type designed for dentists. This "questionnair" research work consisted of questions focused on focal infection of a dental origin. 2 / Second way using clinical examinations. I worked with a group of patients with a certain heart disease. There was a need to exclude the presence of focal infections by a dentist before their heart surgeries. We carried out an examination of their oral cavity as well as an assessment of their oral hygiene using indices PBI and CPI-TN Results: First hypothesis assumed that approximately 30 % of dental hygienists consider tooth decay a significant source of focal infections of odontogenic origin. This..