Periodontal Pathogens and Systemic Disease: Exploring the Oral-Systemic Health Connection
Research increasingly supports an association between periodontitis and multiple systemic diseases. Oral pathogens may alter immune function and promote chronic inflammation that extends throughout the body. Studies have linked periodontal bacteria to cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, gastrointestinal cancers, neurodegenerative disease, respiratory infections, and pregnancy complications, although key mechanisms continue to be investigated.
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