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Can Dental Pulp Calcification Predict the Risk of Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease?

OBJECTIVE: To report the association of pulp calcification with that of cardiovascular disease (CVD) using digital panoramic dental radiographs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Digital panoramic radiographs of patients referred from the angiography department were included if the patient was under 55 years o...

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Autores principales: Khojastepour, Leila, Bronoosh, Pegah, Khosropanah, Shahdad, Rahimi, Elham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4025416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24910654
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author Khojastepour, Leila
Bronoosh, Pegah
Khosropanah, Shahdad
Rahimi, Elham
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description OBJECTIVE: To report the association of pulp calcification with that of cardiovascular disease (CVD) using digital panoramic dental radiographs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Digital panoramic radiographs of patients referred from the angiography department were included if the patient was under 55 years old and had non-restored or minimally restored molars and canines. An oral and maxillofacial radiologist evaluated the images for pulpal calcifications in the selected teeth. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of panoramic radiography in predicting CVD were calculated. RESULTS: Out of 122 patients who met the criteria, 68.2% of the patients with CVD had pulp chamber calcifications. Pulp calcification in panoramic radiography had a sensitivity of 68.9% to predict CVD. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that patients with CVD show an increased incidence of pulp calcification compared with healthy patients. The findings suggest that pulp calcification on panoramic radiography may have possibilities for use in CVD screening.
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spelling pubmed-40254162014-06-06 Can Dental Pulp Calcification Predict the Risk of Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease? Khojastepour, Leila Bronoosh, Pegah Khosropanah, Shahdad Rahimi, Elham J Dent (Tehran) Original Article OBJECTIVE: To report the association of pulp calcification with that of cardiovascular disease (CVD) using digital panoramic dental radiographs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Digital panoramic radiographs of patients referred from the angiography department were included if the patient was under 55 years old and had non-restored or minimally restored molars and canines. An oral and maxillofacial radiologist evaluated the images for pulpal calcifications in the selected teeth. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of panoramic radiography in predicting CVD were calculated. RESULTS: Out of 122 patients who met the criteria, 68.2% of the patients with CVD had pulp chamber calcifications. Pulp calcification in panoramic radiography had a sensitivity of 68.9% to predict CVD. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that patients with CVD show an increased incidence of pulp calcification compared with healthy patients. The findings suggest that pulp calcification on panoramic radiography may have possibilities for use in CVD screening. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2013-09 2013-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4025416/ /pubmed/24910654 Text en Copyright © Dental Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0), which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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Khojastepour, Leila
Bronoosh, Pegah
Khosropanah, Shahdad
Rahimi, Elham
Can Dental Pulp Calcification Predict the Risk of Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease?
title Can Dental Pulp Calcification Predict the Risk of Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease?
title_full Can Dental Pulp Calcification Predict the Risk of Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease?
title_fullStr Can Dental Pulp Calcification Predict the Risk of Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease?
title_full_unstemmed Can Dental Pulp Calcification Predict the Risk of Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease?
title_short Can Dental Pulp Calcification Predict the Risk of Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease?
title_sort can dental pulp calcification predict the risk of ischemic cardiovascular disease?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4025416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24910654
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