Article
Impact of increased occlusal contact, interleukin-1 genotype, and periodontitis severity on gingival crevicular fluid IL-1beta levels.
Journal of periodontology - 1 Sept 2003
McDevitt Michael J, Russell Carl M, Schmid Marian J, Reinhardt Richard A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The study of occlusal therapy in humans with periodontitis is problematic due to potential irreversible bone loss in control subjects. The hypothesis of this pilot investigation was that increased interocclusal contact initiated by short-term occlusal splint disuse would increase tooth mobility and the bone-resorptive cytokine interleukin (IL)-1beta in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF), comparable to...
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