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(2 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)The American Heart Association’s scientific statement on “Periodontal Disease and Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease” is likely to raise hackles among those offering treatments for gum disease as a way to lower risk for heart disease — or even to ameliorate it. The association’s writing committee, after a 4-year review of the evidence, finds no support for such treatments and calls any assertions to the contrary “unwarranted.”
We interview the Dr. Peter Lockhart, co-chair of the AHA’s committee.
Links:
American Heart Association statement (free)
