A study found that good oral hygiene, such as brushing your teeth frequently, lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Yonsei University Yongin Severance Hospital Neurology Prof. Jin-kwon Kim (photo) and Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital Neurology Prof. Song Tae-jin’s team followed up for about 5 years on 65,000 national health checkup subjects. It was revealed on the 31st that it has proved the correlation of
The results of the study showed that patients with periodontitis among oral examinees had lower levels of HDL cholesterol, which has a protective effect against cardio-cerebrovascular disease. HDL cholesterol is called good cholesterol because it removes bad cholesterol accumulated in the walls of blood vessels. When HDL cholesterol is high, it helps smooth blood circulation and lowers the risk of angina and myocardial infarction. In addition, it was confirmed that triglyceride levels increased when there was a tooth defect. When triglycerides accumulate in the body, they can cause dyslipidemia such as hypertriglyceridemia. Conversely, when brushing frequently, HDL cholesterol levels were high and triglyceride levels were low.
Oral diseases, including periodontitis, are known to cause localized oral inflammation as well as systemic inflammatory reactions, affecting the occurrence of various diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In fact, in previous studies, it was confirmed that the higher the incidence of diabetes and the higher the fasting blood sugar, the more periodontitis or poor brushing.
Professor Kim Jin-kwon said, “Through this study, we have confirmed that there is a correlation between oral health and lipid levels in the blood.” It has great significance in that it did.”
The research results were published in the SCI-level international journal,’Journal of Clinical Periodontology’.
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