Study of the Effects of Intensive Treatment of Periodontitis on Blood Pressure Control

Summary

Hypertensive patients with chronic periodontitis will be randomized to either intensive treatment or supragingival hygienic treatment and the effects on blood pressure will be identified.

Timeline

Start

2009-09

Primary completion

2014-09

Completion

2014-09

Publications

• Czesnikiewicz-Guzik M, Osmenda G, Siedlinski M, Nosalski R, Pelka P, Nowakowski D, Wilk G, Mikolajczyk TP, Schramm-Luc A, Furtak A, Matusik P, Koziol J, Drozdz M, Munoz-Aguilera E, Tomaszewski M, Evangelou E, Caulfield M, Grodzicki T, D'Aiuto F, Guzik TJ. Causal association between periodontitis and hypertension: evidence from Mendelian randomization and a randomized controlled trial of non-surgical periodontal therapy. Eur Heart J. 2019 Nov 1;40(42):3459-3470. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz646.

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