EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF PROSTATITIS AND PERIODONTITIS

Background: Periodontitis which is an immune-inflammatory condition which can either be caused by systemic disease or can cause a systemic disease. The complex association between prostatitis and periodontitis involves immunological, microbiological, and systemic health factors. Interestingly, studies have shown a positive relation between patients with poor oral hygiene and prostatitis. Therefore, it is important to get regular dental checkups to evaluate periodontal health. Here, in this review we will dive to know about link between periodontitis and prostatitis as well as their bidirectional relation. Materials and methods: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Google scholar was searched using pre-specified search strategy. Narrative and systematic reviews are included for the data synthesis. Results: Extensive literature search was carried out using pre-defined search strategy was carried out. A total of48 titles were screened rigorously by two independent evaluators and after duplicate exclusion, removal of irrelevant titles, 22 articles were included. Conclusion: Periodontitis has a very strong relation with prostatitis. Most of research has found out to have a positive association between both of them. Having thorough knowledge all systemic diseases is very important for today’s clinicians since these diseases negatively impact the progression of periodontitis and vice versa. Positive association can be established with further larger studies