background: there is a hypothesis that people with rheumatoid arthritis (ra) can also be at risk of periodontal disease. this study aimed to assess the periodontal health in patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis. methods and materials: thirty ra patients with ra and 30 healthy individuals without ra were included. information regarding demographic characteristics and periodontal parame...

Objective To establish a profile of periodontal conditions in chronic kidney disease patients on hemodialysis and their periodontal risk. Methods We included 115 patients on hemodialysis. Clinical periodontal parameters assessed were: plaque index, gingival index, probing depth and clinical attachment level. Patients were classified according to presence/absence and severity of periodontal di...

background: rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is the most prevalent chronic infl ammatory disease of the joints. it is correlated with periodontal disease due to similar factors that exist in both diseases. the present study assessed the relationship of periodontal disease with ra and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (jia). materials and methods: in this case-control study, 30 ra and 30 jia patients along...

Introduction: India leads the world with largest number of diabetic subjects earning the dubious distinction of being termed the ‘diabetes capital of the world’. Oral manifestations of diabetes mellitus are devastating, these include gingival and periodontal diseases, bone loss, dental caries, alterations in salivary flow and others. Materials and methods: In our study, sample consists of 50 pa...

background: since preterm delivery is an important problem in obstetrics, it is necessary to know the risk factors. periodontal disease is an infectious disease and infection is risk factor for preterm delivery. respecting to the mechanisms of preterm delivery and because involved mediators in this procedure are synthesized in periodontal disease, gum disease is investigated as risk factor for ...

BACKGROUND Host responses to periodontal disease include the production of different enzymes that are released by stromal, epithelial or inflammatory cells. There are important enzymes associated with cell injury and cell death like: aspartate and alanine aminotransferase (AST, ALT), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), creatine kinase (CK), alkaline and acidic phosphatase (ALP, ACP), gama glutamyl tra...

Background: Numerous studies have analyzed the influence of psoriasis on quality life and psychological health patients. 0nly few addressed effect disease individuals cohabitants psoriatic patients in developing countries, none Bangladesh. Objective: To assess clinical severity, physical psychosocial disability to analyze their interrelationship cohabitants. Methods: Hospital based cross-sectio...

Background and aim: Psoriasis is a dermatologic disease which not only involves the patient physically, but also affects patient's quality of life. Due to its life time duration and psychologic burden, we decided to evaluate patient's quality of life using psoriasis disability index (PDI). Materials and methods: From August 2006 till March 2007, 80 patients referring to Imam-Reza dermatology cl...

Consumption of carbonated beverages was reported to be associated with obesity and other adverse health consequences. This study was performed to assess the relationship between the consumption of carbonated beverages and periodontal disease using nationally representative data.The data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted between 2008 and 2010 were used; th...