Abstract
Oral health is reportedly associated with several systemic diseases, particularly cardiovascular diseases, through systemic inflammatory and thrombotic mechanisms. This study aimed to investigate the association between oral health status, oral hygiene behavior, and venous thromboembolism (VTE) in a nationwide, population-based cohort database in a longitudinal setting. Data of participants who underwent oral health screening by dentists between January and December 2003 (n = 2,415,963) were retrieved from the National Health Insurance Database of the Korean National Health Insurance Service. Periodontitis was identified using claims or oral health screening data. Periodontal pockets and the number of missing teeth were examined by dentists during oral health screenings. Data on oral hygiene behaviors (tooth brushing, dental visits, and dental scaling) were collected. VTE was defined as two or more claims of one of the following ICD-10 codes: deep (I80.2–80.3), pulmonary (I26, I26.0, I26.9), intra-abdominal (I81, I82, I82.2, I82.3), and other (I82.8, I82.9) VTE and concurrent medication (anticoagulants and antiplatelets). VTE was analyzed using the Cox proportional hazard model according to periodontitis, number of missing teeth, tooth brushing frequency, dental visits, and dental scaling. VTE occurred in 39,851 (1.8%) participants within a median of 17.0 (interquartile range 16.3–17.7) years. Periodontitis was associated with VTE (adjusted hazard ratio (HR), 1.2; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.15–1.28; p < 0.001). An increased number of missing teeth was associated with an increased risk of VTE; the adjusted HR (versus participants without missing teeth) was 1.58 (95% CI, 1.46–1.71; p < 0.001, p for trend < 0.001) for participants with ≥15 missing teeth. Furthermore, tooth brushing ≥3 times a day was negatively correlated with VTE (adjusted HR, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.65–0.69; p < 0.001, p for trend < 0.001). Dental scaling within one year was associated with a significantly lower risk of VTE (adjusted HR, 0.95; 95% CI, 0.93–0.98; p < 0.001). Improved oral hygiene, including tooth brushing and dental scaling, may be associated with a decreased risk of VTE. Periodontitis and an increased number of missing teeth may increase the risk of VTE.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 20 |
| Journal | Journal of Personalized Medicine |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by an Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2022-0-00621 to T.-J.S., Development of artificial intelligence technology that provides dialog-based multi-modal explainability). This research was supported by a grant of the Korea Health Technology R & D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (grant number: HI22C073600 to T.-J.S.). This project was supported by a grant from the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education (2021R1F1A1048113 to T.-J.S., 2021R1I1A1A01059868 to Y.C.). This project was supported by a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Korean government (2020R1A2C4001842 to J.-W.K.). The funding source had no role in the design, conduct, or reporting of this study.
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Keywords
- deep vein thrombosis
- oral hygiene
- periodontitis
- pulmonary thromboembolism
- tooth brushing
- venous thromboembolism
