Dental Pulp Calcification in Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases: A Review

Dental pulp calcification in patients with cardiovascular diseases A review Pavlina Aleksova University Dental Clinical Center -St. Panteleimon-- Deparment of Restorative dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University -Ss. Cyril and Methodius-, Skopje, R. of Macedonia. Correspondence Aleksova Pavlina University Dental Clinical Center -St. Panteleimon-- Deparment of Restorative dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University -Ss. Cyril and Methodius-, Skopje, R. of Macedonia. Tel. +389 070 260 308 E-mail pavlinaaleksova@yahoo. com Introduction When it comes to pathological calcification one cannot avoid the fact that the extensive calcification in the plaque of the arteries is of special interest since it is considered to be one the most threatening diseases. Purose The intention of the study is suggest through a review of the importance of denticles in patients with cardiovascular diseases. Materials and methods The sudy includet material and methods of only autors. The systematic literature review was completed using the electronic databases Pubmed, Medpilot and Medline. The main notions for search were dental pulp stones, cardiovascular diseases, pathological calcification. Studies which met the inclusion criterion were studies conducted between1990 to 2012 and which were retrospective or prospective controlled studies. Results The message of the study is that when a dentist enters the dental cavity with their instrument or the dental pulp in the root canal in patients with confirmed heart diseases, they may be susceptible to heart attacks. Discussion One of the reasoning is that they have -sand- in the dental pulps, comprised of calcium phosphate crystals. Conclusion The conclusion from this study is that these calcium phosphate crystals are released in the blood during the reparing of the dental cavity thus provoking heart problems in patients already suffering from heart diseases.