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Not all patients are the same: systemic risk factors for adult periodontitis.
General dentistry - 1 Jan 2000
Wilson T G
Abstract excerpt
Periodontal diseases are viewed today as multifactoral problems that are initiated and sustained by bacteria but significantly modified by the body's response to bacterial plaque. Local and systemic risk factors are involved in the disease process and both should be included when prognosis and treatment plans are developed. The most significant systemic modifying factors appear to be smoking, diabetes, and a...
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