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Childhood Oral Health Linked to Adult Cardiovascular Risk

Study links childhood dental disease with higher incidence of ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, and ischemic stroke in adulthood.

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    Poor childhood oral health is linked to increased ASCVD risk in adulthood.

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    Study examined 568,778 individuals in Denmark over 2 decades.

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    Higher dental caries resulted in a 32% higher ASCVD incidence in males, 45% in females.

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    Ischemic stroke was the most common outcome in women.

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    Oral diseases may cause systemic health issues via inflammation and bacterial spread.

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    The study had limitations like not adjusting for lifestyle factors.

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Childhood Oral Health Linked to Adult Cardiovascular Risk

  • by Olivia Anderson

  • March 12, 2026

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