Impact of Periodontal Therapy on General Health Evidence from Insurance Data for Five Systemic Conditions

Results: Statistically significant reductions in both outcomes (po0.05) were found for T2D, CVD, CAD, and pregnancy, for which costs were lower by 40.2%, 40.9%, 10.7%, and 73.7%, respectively; results for hospital admissions were comparable. No treatment effect was observed in the RA cohorts. Conclusions: These cost-based results provide new, independent, and potentially valuable evidence that simple, noninvasive periodontal therapy may improve health outcomes in pregnancy and other systemic conditions. (Am J Prev Med 2014;47(2):166–174) & 2014 American Journal of Preventive Medicine