AUTHOR=Rughwani Roshan R. , Cholan Priyanka K. , Victor Dhayanand J. 

TITLE=Congenital Heart Diseases and Periodontal Diseases—Is There a Link?

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

VOLUME=Volume 9 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.937480

DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2022.937480

ISSN=2297-055X

ABSTRACT=An understanding in the field of periodontal medicine explains the fact that the oral cavity serves as a niche for numerous pathogenic micro-organisms. When these micro-organisms or their byproducts disseminated to the various parts of the body, they were capable of triggering diseases characterized by an altered host immune-inflammatory response in the anatomically distinct organ. This mechanism is reported in the propagation of cardiovascular diseases with respect to periodontal medicine. Abundant amount of literature suggests an association between atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and periodontal diseases. However, there is very little data available to highlight the association between periodontal disease and non-atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease such as Congenital anomalies of the heart. This review will outline the relationship between periodontal diseases and congenital heart diseases and will also help us understand whether presence of periodontal disease can worsen pre-existing congenital cardiac disease.