A new study at the Boston University School of Dental Medicine has established a link between periodontitis history and cerebrovascular disease in men.
The researchers concluded that there was a significant association between periodontal bone loss and the incidence of stroke or TIA, independent of cardiovascular risk factors. They say that the association was much stronger among men younger than 65 years old.
Background information in a research article describing the study, published in Annals of Neurology, describes periodontitis as an inflammatory disease of the gums, and cerebrovascular disease as a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA).
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