A 2015 systematic review of the link between ankylosing spondylitis and periodontitis reported that having the disease was linked with a risk of periodontitis that was almost double that of people ...

1 School of Stomatology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China 2 Kunshan Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Kunshan, China Periodontal disease (PD) ...

Periodontal disease is a prevalent global dental health issue that significantly affects a large number of individuals. This severe gum infection damages the soft tissue and erodes the bone ...

With this study, we developed and assessed several prediction models, which provide primary care professionals with an easy, non-invasive clinical tool to screen for periodontitis. The models that ...

From the Summer 2016 edition of Care and cure magazine, people in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease appear to decline more quickly in their memory and thinking if they have gum disease.

Researchers are planning a nationwide study into how animals kept at zoos and aquariums contract bacteria that causes gum disease when wild animals are rarely found with any. Yoshihito Shimazu ...