Omega-3 helped periodontal treatment (details behind paywall) - meta-analysis Dec 2023

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DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION OF OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS COULD BE USED AS AN ADJUNCT THERAPY TO NONSURGICAL PERIODONTAL TREATMENT

J Evid Based Dent Pract . 2023 Dec;23(4):101925. doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2023.101925
Thilini N Jayasinghe, Axel Spahr

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Section snippets
Subjects or Study Selection
This systematic review and meta-analysis included studies with patients with moderate to untreated advanced chronic severe periodontitis with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus (>2 years). They were recruited from various clinics, including respective hospitals or universities in countries such as Egypt, India, Brazil, and Poland. Exclusion criteria included pregnant women and patients who had antibiotics within the last 3 months before the interventions.

Key Study Factor
This systematic review and . . .

COMMENTARY AND ANALYSIS
Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are omega-3 fatty acids found in oily fish and fish oil supplements. Clinical and preclinical studies indicate that these polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids are used as host-modulating therapy in various chronic inflammatory diseases.1 Several mechanisms have been identified by which omega-3 fatty acids influence various aspects of inflammatory responses mainly via production of eicosanoids, proinflammatory cytokine inhibition and . . . .

REFERENCES include

• D Chatterjee et al. Role of adjunct use of omega 3 fatty acids in periodontal therapy of periodontitis. A systematic review and meta-analysis J Oral Biol Craniofacial Res (2022)
• PC. Calder Omega-3 fatty acids and inflammatory processes Nutrients (2010)
• A Spahr et al. Impact of health and lifestyle food supplements on periodontal tissues and health Periodontol 2000 (2022)
• NC Castro dos Santos et al. Does the use of omega-3 fatty acids as an adjunct to non-surgical periodontal therapy provide additional benefits in the treatment of periodontitis? A systematic review and meta-analysis J Periodontal Res (2022)

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VitaminDWiki - Omega-3 helps many health problems

409 Omega-3 items in category Omega-3 helps with: Autism (7 studies), Depression (28 studies), Cardiovascular (34 studies), Cognition (52 studies), Pregnancy (44 studies), Infant (34 studies), Obesity (14 studies), Mortality (7 studies), Breast Cancer (5 studies), Smoking, Sleep, Stroke, Longevity, Trauma (12 studies), Inflammation (18 studies), Multiple Sclerosis (9 studies), VIRUS (12 studies), etc
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VitaminDWiki - Overview: Omega-3 many benefits include helping vitamin D

(409) items in category Omega-3 and Vitamin D

• Omega-3 reduces risk of COVID-19 - many studies
• Cardiovascular problems reduced by Omega-3 - many studies
• Omega-3 helps muscles - many studies
• Omega 3 increases vitamin D in the blood – many studies
• Omega-3 index - many studies
• Omega-6 blocks Omega-3 etc. -many studies
• Omega-6 increase may have increased the risk of many diseases - Jan 2022
• Preterm birth decreased by Omega-3, etc. - many studies
• Omega-3 reduces many psychiatric disorders – 2 reviews 2016
• ADHD, Autism, Early Psychosis and Omega-3 – review Dec 2017
• Schizophrenia relapses reduced 3X by Omega-3 – RCT Mar 2015
• Typical pregnancy is now 39 weeks – Omega-3 and Vitamin D might restore it to full 40 weeks
• Omega-3 supplementation during pregnancy reduce early preterm births (save 1500 USD per child) – Aug 2016
• Infants getting 1 g of Omega-3 for 12 weeks got better brains – RCT March 2017
• Omega-3 conference and 12 publications – Nov 2014
• Vitamin D Cofactors in a nutshell by VitaminDWiki
• For every Omega-3 dollar there is a 84 dollar savings in Cardiovascular costs - Foster and Sullivan April 2016
• Overweight women on caloric restriction diet got 3X benefits from 8 weeks of Omega-3 – RCT Dec 2015
• 2.7 fewer days in hospital after surgery if had taken Omega-3 (19 RCT) – meta-analysis – June 2017
• Sepsis: 4 fewer days in ICU if add Omega-3 – meta-analysis of 12 RCT – June 2017
• Omega-7 - in addition to Omega-3
• Consuming more monounsaturated fat increased vitamin D – Aug 2011 has the following
  WikiPedia Good (more vitamin D into bloodstream)= much more BLUE than Green

Almonds and macadamia nuts are examples of good foods to take with vitamin D

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VitaminDWiki - 3 studies in both categories Dental and Omega-3

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