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Dental Tribune U.S. Edition | February 2012XX XXXXX Dental Tribune U.S. Edition | February 2015A2 Publisher & Chairman Torsten Oemus t.oemus@dental-tribune.com President & Chief Executive Officer Eric Seid e.seid@dental-tribune.com Group Editor Kristine Colker k.colker@dental-tribune.com Editor in Chief Dental Tribune Dr. David L. Hoexter feedback@dental-tribune.com Managing Editor U.S. and Canada editions Robert Selleck r.selleck@dental-tribune.com Managing Editor Fred Michmershuizen f.michmershuizen@dental-tribune.com Managing Editor Sierra Rendon s.rendon@dental-tribune.com Product/Account Manager Humberto Estrada h.estrada@dental-tribune.com Product/Account Manager Will Kenyon w.kenyon@dental-tribune.com Product/Account Manager Maria Kaiser m.kaiser@dental-tribune.com Marketing DIRECTOR Anna Kataoka a.kataoka@dental-tribune.com Education Director Christiane Ferret c.ferret@dtstudyclub.com Accounting Coordinator Nirmala Singh n.singh@dental-tribune.com Tribune America LLC 116 West 23rd St., Ste. #500 New York, N.Y. 10011 (212) 244-7181 Published by Tribune America © 2015 Tribune America, LLC All rights reserved. Dental Tribune strives to maintain the utmost accu- racy in its news and clinical reports. If you find a fac- tual error or content that requires clarification, please contact Managing Editor Robert Selleck at r.selleck@ dental-tribune.com. Dental Tribune cannot assume responsibility for the validity of product claims or for typographical errors. The publisher also does not as- sume responsibility for product names or statements made by advertisers. Opinions expressed by authors are their own and may not reflect those of Tribune America. Editorial Board Dr. Joel Berg Dr. L. Stephen Buchanan Dr. Arnaldo Castellucci Dr. Gorden Christensen Dr. Rella Christensen Dr. William Dickerson Hugh Doherty Dr. James Doundoulakis Dr. David Garber Dr. Fay Goldstep Dr. Howard Glazer Dr. Harold Heymann Dr. Karl Leinfelder Dr. Roger Levin Dr. Carl E. Misch Dr. Dan Nathanson Dr. Chester Redhead Dr. Irwin Smigel Dr. Jon Suzuki Dr. Dennis Tartakow Dr. Dan Ward Tell us what you think! Do you have general comments or criti- cism you would like to share? Is there a particular topic you would like to see articles about in Dental Tribune? Let us know by sending an email to feedback@ dental-tribune.com. We look forward to hearing from you! If you would like to make any change to your subscription (name, address or to opt out) please send us an email at c.maragh@dental-tribune.com and be sure to include which publication you are referring to. Also, please note that subscription changes can take up to six weeks to process. DENTAL TRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · US Edition NEWS Ad Chronic periodontitis correlated to heart attack prognosis and severity Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that chronic periodontitis is closely related to the severity of acute myocardial infarction. In research published in the Journal of Dental Research, titled “Acute myocardial infarct size is related to periodontitis ex- tent and severity,” a team from the Uni- versity of Granada demonstrated that the extent and severity of chronic periodon- titis is related to the size of acute myo- cardial infarction through seric levels of troponin I and myoglobin (biomarkers of myocardial necrosis). This research results in part from the conclusions of Rafael Martín Marfil Álva- rez’s doctoral dissertation, which was di- rected by UGR professors Francisco Mesa Aguado (stomatology department), José Antonio Ramírez Hernández (medicine department) and Andrés Catena Martínez (experimental psychology department). The research analyzed 112 patients who had suffered from acute myocardial in- farction, at the Virgen de las Nieves Uni- versity Hospital cardiology unit. Patients all underwent a series of cardiological, biochemical and periodontal health checks and tests. According to Mesa Aguado, “Chronic periodontitis appears as a death risk factor and plays an important role in the prog- nosis of acute myocardial infarction.” The researchers said it will be neces- sary to conduct follow-up checks with periodontal patients who have suffered myocardial infarction to monitor their clinical evolution (new coronary events, cardiac failure or even death). “If that happens to be the case, chronic periodontitis should be considered as a predictor in the development of myocar- dial infarction, and be therefore includ- ed in the risk stratification scores,” Mesa Aguado said. (Sources: University of Granada and Science Daily)