Dental scaling and atrial fibrillation: A nationwide cohort study

Atrial Fibrillation Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

International Journal of Cardiology: March 1, 2013

Background

Improvement of oral hygiene through dental scaling was associated with a decreased risk of cardiovascular events. The goal of the present study was to investigate whether dental scaling can reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF).

Methods

In year 2000, a total of 28,909 subjects who were age 60 or more without past history of cardiac arrhythmias were identified from the “National Health Insurance Research Database” in Taiwan. Among these subjects, those who have received dental scaling at least 1 time/year for 3 consecutive years (1998–2000) were selected to be the exposed group (n=3391). Read more

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