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Podcast: A Tale of Two Hygienists Podcast
Episode: Fast Facts: Perio Edition "Hypertension and Periodontitis: A Causal Link"
Description: On this week's episode of Fast Facts - Perio Edition your host, Katrina Sanders, RDH talks to us about an article in Hypertension, a journal issued by the American Heart Association in March of 2021 that discusses a causal link between periodontitis and hypertension.  Quotes:  "The study itself found that patients with severe perio, stage three and stage four gum disease were 2x more likely to have an elevated systolic blood pressure and 50% more likely to also have elevated diastolic blood pressures."  "This elevated blood pressure, although usually asymp...