Gingival Inflammation Associates with Stroke--A Role for Oral Health Personnel in Prevention: A Database Study.

Gingival inflammation is the physiological response to poor oral hygiene. If gingivitis is not resolved the response will become an established lesion.We studied whether gingivitis associates with elevated risk for stroke. The hypothesis was based on the periodontitis-atherosclerosis paradigm.In our...

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Main Authors: Birgitta Söder, Jukka H Meurman, Per-Östen Söder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4583452?pdf=render