Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors that include obesity, impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes, hyperinsulinemia, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. Recently, more attention has been reserved to the correlation between periodontitis and systemic health. The current article discusses the associations between periodontitis with various metabolic disorders.
Periodontitis Periodontitis is a family of diseases that affect dental supporting tissues, caused by infections sustained by periodontal pathogens such as Porphyromonas gingivalis , Prevotella intermedia , Tannarella forsythia , and Aggregatibacter actinomycetmcomintans , which lead to soft and hard tissue destruction, dental mobility, and the loss of dental elements. Susceptibility to these diseases is highly variable and depends on host responses to periodontal pathogens. Although bacteria cause…
