Dentist talked about the connection of caries with heart disease

Kirill Polyakov, maxillofacial surgeon at Naudent Dentistry, spoke on Tuesday, January 27, about the connection between dental caries and heart health.

The doctor explained that caries is an infection, and while there is a superficial tooth decay, the body copes with it. But when the process affects a nerve, a focus of chronic inflammation occurs. Bacteria and their waste products regularly enter the bloodstream, especially during chewing and brushing teeth, the dentist added.

"For a healthy person, this may go unnoticed, but if a person has problems with blood vessels, heart valves, or a weakened immune system, such microattacks become dangerous. Cardiologists have long known that chronic inflammatory foci in the body increase the risk of infectious endocarditis, an inflammation of the inner lining of the heart. And teeth are one of the first places here," Polyakov warned in a conversation with Lenta.Ru .

The surgeon also added that people with advanced dental problems are more likely to experience atherosclerosis and spikes in blood pressure. According to him, the reason is that this is a systemic inflammatory reaction that the body has been supporting for months and even years.

"It's important to understand that it's not about "one hole and a heart attack." But neglected teeth can really become that extra risk factor, which is superimposed on age, blood pressure, heredity and lifestyle," the dentist emphasized.

On January 26, Anastasia Hritova, a dentist at Pirogov University, said that energy drinks cause a "double blow" to teeth due to the combination of acids and sugar, which accelerates the destruction of enamel.

A day earlier, on January 25, Zalim Kudaev, founder of the Teeth in One Day federal network, said that the so-called "lemon water", popular among detox advocates, can be compared to carbonated drinks in terms of acidity and cause enamel erosion. 360.ru .

Earlier, on January 18, maxillofacial surgeon, founder of the Estetus clinic, Candidate of Medical Sciences Sevak Barseghyan told Izvestia that traditional dental implantation, associated with multi-stage treatment and waiting for implants to take root for up to a year, is becoming a thing of the past. Modern approaches make it possible to radically reduce the duration of rehabilitation, returning the patient to a full life in just a few days.

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