Periodontitis: a risk factor for coronary heart disease?

doi:10.1902/annals.1998.3.1.127

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Periodontitis: a risk factor for coronary heart disease?

Annals of periodontology - 1 Jul 1998

Beck J D, Offenbacher S, Williams R, Gibbs P, Garcia R

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This paper evaluates the current information on the relationship between oral disease (specifically periodontitis) and atherosclerosis/coronary heart disease (CHD) to determine whether the information is sufficient to conclude that periodontitis is a risk factor for atherosclerosis/CHD. As backgr...

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Animals
Arteriosclerosis
Cohort Studies
Coronary Disease
Focal Infection, Dental
Humans
Inflammation
Monocytes
Odds Ratio
Periodontitis
Phenotype
Reproducibility of Results
Risk Factors
Sensitivity and Specificity

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