High-risk periodontal pathogens contribute to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis

Updated: Nov 2, 2022

"Level A evidence supports that Periodontal Disease is independently associated with arterial disease. Studies indicate that the adverse cardiovascular effects from Periodontal Disease are due to a few putative or high-risk bacteria: Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia, Treponema denticola or

Fusobacterium nucleatum."