Can Improved Periodontal Health Be a Key Factor in Preventing Severe COVID-19 Complications: An Evidence-Based Review

Vindeshwari Bhatia*, Ashadeep, Ajay Mahajan, Kanwarjit Singh Asi
Department of Periodontology, Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College and Hospital, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India-171001

*Correspondence to: Vindeshwari Bhatia, Department of Periodontology, Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College and Hospital, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India-171001; E-mail: vindubhatiaggt@gmail.com
Received date: February 7, 2021; Accepted date: February 18, 2021; Published date: February 25, 2021
Citation: Bhatia V, Ashadeep, Mahajan A, et al. (2021) Can Improved Periodontal Health Be A Key Factor In Preventing Severe COVID-19 Complications: An EvidenceBased Review. Advanc Dentistry 2(1): pp. 1-4.
Copyright: ©2021 Bhatia V. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

ABSTRACT

COVID-19 is now recognized as a pandemic throughout the world and the severity of the disease has been attributed to many patient-related medical risk factors, which include diabetes, hypertension, respiratory diseases, cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney diseases due to exaggerated immune response associated with these diseases. However, in recent decades, there has been a renewed interest in the association of systemic diseases with periodontal health as the severity of these diseases increases in patients having compromised periodontal health. Therefore, it is suggested that there could be a possible link between the status of periodontal health and the severity of the disease in patients suffering from COVID-19. The purpose of this review article is to explore and highlight the various common mechanisms between periodontal disease and COVID-19 and further explore the role of periodontal disease as a contributing factor for COVID-19 related complications.