Fig. 2: Excess dietary sugars and periodontal inflammation.
From: Excess dietary sugar and its impact on periodontal inflammation: a narrative review
Excess dietary sugars are potentially pro-inflammatory, dysbiosis-inducing, addictive, and hypercaloric and can initiate and aggravate periodontal inflammation. (AGE- advanced glycation end-products; RAGE- receptor for advanced glycation end-products; ROS- reactive oxygen species; LPS- lipopolysaccharide; TLR-4- toll-like receptor-4; NAFLD- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; NF-κB- nuclear factor kappa-B; SCFA- short-chain fatty acids; NA- Nucleus accumbens; T2DM- type-2 diabetes mellitus; IL- interleukin; TNF- α- tumour necrosis factor-α; NLRP3- NOD-, LRR- and pyrin domain-containing protein 3) ( Created in BioRender. Biorender, P. (2024) BioRender.com/h79u248).
