Your Messages Inbox
Most Viewed Abstracts
1. Report Shows Shift in Starting Salaries for Physicians 2. 2008 Exclusive Survey—Earnings: Good news for primary care income 3. Medicare pay-for-reporting effort draws fire from frustrated doctors 4. Debunking Myths in the US Healthcare System 5. Doctors and the DEA Free full text
Top Ten Searches
periodontitis pharyngitis gingivitis amalgam fluoride mutans pulp candidiasis pulp malocclusionYour Article Summary
See Latest ArticlesPeriodontal disease and risk of atherosclerotic coronary heart disease
Odontology, 08/03/09
Nakajima T et al. – Increasing evidence supports the notion that periodontitis is associated with increased risk of atherosclerosis through dysfunction of endothelial cells induced by either periodontopathic bacteria or their products, or inflammatory mediators derived from infected periodontal tissue. The authors review whether periodontitis represents a risk factor for CHD or atherosclerosis, particularly in a Japanese population.
Related Articles
Periodontal Disease – The Overlooked Diabetes Complication
Nephrology Nursing Journal, 10/07/09
Relevance Score: 69%
Contribution of periodontal disease in pregnant women as a risk factor for low birth weight
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 11/13/09
Relevance Score: 67%
Evaluation of gingival crevicular fluid adrenomedullin and human neutrophil peptide 1-3 levels of patients with different periodontal disease
Journal of Periodontology, 11/06/09
Relevance Score: 67%
An Update on Novel Non-Invasive Approaches for Periodontal Diagnosis
Journal of Periodontology, 11/02/09
Relevance Score: 67%
Increased frequencies of caries, periodontal disease and tooth loss in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 10/06/09
Relevance Score: 67%
Today in Periodontics...keeping you current
Receive free subspecialty "5-minute updates" via email
An Exploration of Shared Genetic Risk Factors Between Periodontal Disease and Cancers: A Prospective Co-Twin Study
American Journal of Epidemiology, 12/08/09
Influence of Diet and Salivary Characteristics on the Prevalence of Dental Erosion among 12-year-old Schoolchildren
Journal of Dentistry for Children, 12/07/09
Pilot pathfinder survey of oral hygiene and periodontal conditions in the rural population of The Gambia (West Africa)
International Journal of Dental Hygiene, 12/04/09
Article Search
Sponsor