fa Relation between oral health status and electrocardiograph ST segment changes پاتولوزی دهان، فک و صورت Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology پژوهشي Research <b> Background</b>:Oral cavity provides variety of surfaces for bacterial attachment and colonization. These bacteria can enter the circulatory system of the human body and become pathogenic. Thus chronic oral inflammations are regarded as a potent risk factor for systemic pathologies. According to literature classic risk factors only can explain half to two thirds of cardiovascular diseases and is believed that those with the worst oral health status are more susceptible to cardiovascular disease. Since in electrocardiograph changes in ST segment and serum CRP level are predictive of poor patient outcome, in this study the aim was to evaluate the possible relation between electrocardiograph ST segment changes, serum CRP level with oral health in determining the severity of cardiovascular disease. <div><b>Method & materials</b>: In this cross sectional study, thirty six patients with myocardial infarction were enrolled. Oral health indices DMFT,PPD,CAL and BOP were compared with serum C-reactive protein level and electrocardiograph ST segment changes. <div><b>Results</b>: No statistically significant difference between PPD,BOP,CAL with serum CRP level was seen although a statistically significant difference was observed between CRP and DMFT. BOP and PPD revealed no statistically significant difference between two ST segment groups. Although CAL and number of fillings showed a statistically significant difference within ST segment groups.</div><div><b> Conclusion</b>: As results of this study shows it can be concluded that poor oral health may be linked to systemic pathologies but it cannot be a predictor of prognosis. Similar studies with more sample size is strongly recommended.</div><hr><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left direction: ltr unicode-bidi: embed"><b>Source: </b>Journal of Dental Research, Dental Clinics, Dental Prospects </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left direction: ltr unicode-bidi: embed"><a href="http://dentistry.tbzmed.ac.ir/joddd/index.php/joddd/article/view/377" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">Full Text</font></a></p></div> Electrocardiograph, Myocardial infarction, Mouth diseases, Oral health,Systemic 0 0 http://idai.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-32-3244&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Atousa Aminzadeh a.aminzadeh@khuisf.ac.ir 100319475328460014949 100319475328460014949 Yes Department of Oral Pathology, Khorasgan (Isfahan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran Masoud Ahmadi 100319475328460014950 100319475328460014950 No School of Dentistry, Khorasgan (Isfahan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran Seyyed Mohsen Hosseini 100319475328460014951 100319475328460014951 No Department of Epidemiology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran