The focus of this lecture will be to provide dental & medical health care professionals, especially dentists, periodontists, internists and cardiologists with a better understanding of the associations and link between Atherosclerotic CV Disease and Periodontitis.

Based on the most current information and literature, the learning objective will be to promote a better understanding of the basic and molecular mechanisms of disease, highlighting Oxidative Stress as a common pathophysiologic determinant of these two diseases, and to provide a modern clinical approach to reducing risk for primary and secondary Atherosclerotic CV Disease events as well as reduce the risk and pathogenesis of Periodontitis in our patients.