{"id":13002,"date":"2025-02-14T09:14:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T08:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velezylozano.com\/?p=13002"},"modified":"2025-02-14T09:14:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T08:14:57","slug":"this-valentines-day-care-for-your-heart-through-your-mouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velezylozano.com\/en\/this-valentines-day-care-for-your-heart-through-your-mouth\/","title":{"rendered":"This Valentine's Day care for your heart through your mouth"},"content":{"rendered":"
Today, February 14th, we celebrate love, Valentine's Day, as we all know, but taking advantage of the fact that this date is linked to the heart, our vital engine, did you know that it also commemorates Congenital Heart Disease Day?<\/p>\n
And did you know that oral health can play a key role in preventing cardiovascular complications?<\/p>\n
Periodontitis, a chronic inflammatory gum disease, not only affects the oral cavity and its soft tissues, but can also induce a systemic inflammatory response. Research published in the Journal of Periodontology<\/em> <\/a>have shown that patients with periodontitis have a 25% higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease than those with optimal oral health.<\/p>\n In addition, some clinical guidelines, such as those recommended by the American Heart Association (AHA), have been emphasising for almost 10 years the need to maintain good oral hygiene habits to reduce the risk of heart disease. infectious edocarditis<\/a>. A chronic type of inflation - such as periodontitis - that favours the formation of atherosclerotic plaques and facilitates bacteraemia that can aggravate cardiac conditions, especially in cases such as those of people with congenital heart disease, like the one we are dealing with today.<\/p>\n This extends to the paediatric population, i.e. children.<\/p>\nThe importance of a holistic approach<\/h2>\n