Periodontal disease linked to cardiovascular disease
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Periodontal disease linked to cardiovascular disease
Sir, Periodontitis is a destructive inflammatory disease of the supporting tissues of the teeth and is caused either by specifi c microorganisms or by a group of specific microorganisms , resulting in progressive destruction of periodontal ligament and alveolar bone with periodontal pocket formation, gingival recession, or both.[1] Periodontitis has been proposed as having an etiological or mod...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0975-3583
DOI: 10.4103/0975-3583.70925