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The role of periodontal pathology and oral cavity condition in the occurrence of general somatic diseases

Z. M. Honta, I. V. Shylivskyy, O. M. Nemesh, Kh. B. Burda

 Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine

 The aim of the study is a review of modern home and foreign literature on the influence of the state of the oral cavity and the pathology of periodontal tissues, and in particular generalized periodontitis, on the occurrence and severity of the course of diseases of internal organs and body systems.

Inflammatory-dystrophic periodontal diseases lead to an increase in the level of chronic inflammatory agents due to the systemic spread of inflammatory mediators released during local tissue destruction, as well as the systemic spread of pathogenic microorganisms, which contributes to the development of cardiovascular diseases, atherosclerosis, pathological processes in the gastrointestinal tract, complicates the course of diabetes mellitus and respiratory diseases in patients with periodontal diseases. That is why the study of pathogenetic interrelations of periodontal diseases and comorbid conditions is an urgent problem of modern dentistry.

Conclusions. Considering that certain extraoral pathologies arise as a result of damage by disseminated periodontopathogens may provide new therapeutic opportunities to reduce the risk of developing comorbid conditions etiopathogenetically associated with generalized periodontitis. The data of clinical and experimental studies that are presented in this literature review definitely show the need for timely treatment of periodontal diseases, which provides not only the health of the oral cavity, but also prevents the occurrence of general somatic diseases.

Key words: periodontal disease, generalized periodontitis, cardiovascular diseases, atherosclerosis, diabetes, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.