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INTRODUCTIONThe H pylori infection is one of the most common chronic infections in humans [1,2] . The H pylori colonizing on the surface of the upper gastrointestinal mucosa is an interesting cause of active chronic gastritis and duodenitis or even gastric cancer worldwide [2][3][4][5][6][7] . The presence of H pylori infection could predispose to various disorders [8][9][10][11][12][13][14] . Dental disease might be associated with a higher recurrence of H pylori infection [9] . Some investigators have recently demonstrated the evidences that H pylori infection induced atherosclerosis and that H pylori-anti-heat-shock protein antibodies have been related to the prevalence of diseases such as coronary artery disease or cerebral infarction, resulted from atherosclerosis [10,11] . The H pylori may play a role in the pathogenesis of slow coronary flow via the elevation of homocysteine, and/or a possible disturbance in its metabolism [12] . The H pylori is present in about 67%-100% of duodenal ulcer patients and 13%-61% of normal population [15] . The H pylori infection can be diagnosed by invasive techniques requiring endoscopy and biopsy (eg, histological examination and culture) and by noninvasive techniques such as serology, urea breath test or detection of H pylori