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Sharonville, OH 45241
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What is the connection between chronic tooth infections and heart disease?

Does it have something to do with an inflammatory response in the heart muscle, valves?

Anonymous Patient

Sort of...the chronic inflammation of the gums increases the chance that the quiet atheroscerosis in the arteries will get disrupted and open up a plaque in the vessel which forms a blood clot and causes a heart attack. Chronically the body response to the infection increases the defense mechanisms to kill the bacteria but this is dangerous for the lining of the arteries.

James E. Schmidt

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