Following your medical assessment, you will be assessed by our dental partners, Complete Health Dentistry of Columbus, all in the same office as The Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention Center of Central Ohio. Here, you will receive a full periodontal disease assessment and 3-D Cone Beam scan, ruling out common sources of inflammation that can drive heart attacks and strokes. These infections can often be asymptomatic (just like arterial disease). We will also do a saliva test, to test for 11 pathogenic bacteria that can lead to systemic diseases, including heart disease. Some of these high-risk oral bacteria can be causal for heart attacks! 50% of unexpected heart attacks and strokes are triggered by oral bacteria that live in your mouth.

 

Once we have all your test results, approximately 3 weeks later, we will meet to review all results and support and guide you on a personalized treatment plan. This treatment plan may include lifestyle modifications, specific diet recommendations, prescriptions, supplement recommendations, and dental treatment. By targeting the root causes of your arterial disease, we can get the inflammatory process under control and allow the atherosclerotic plaque to heal, stabilize, and even reverse. We are so confident in this process, that we offer a guarantee of arterial wellness.