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Objective:  The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of dental and periodontal treatments to the course of oral ulcers in patients with Behcet’s disease (BD).

Methods:  Fifty‐eight consecutive BD patients with oral ulcers were studied. Twenty‐nine patients were in the intervention group (F/M: 15/14, mean age: 39.6 ± 6.9 years) and 29 (F/M: 15/14, 39.4 ± 10.6 years) were followed with a conventional treatment approach. In addition to oral hygiene education, dental and periodontal treatments were carried out in the intervention group, whereas the control group was only given oral hygiene education. Patients were evaluated in the pre‐treatment observation period (1 month), treatment period (1 month) and 6 months after treatment.

Results:  An increase in the number of new oral ulcers (4.1 ± 3.5) was observed within 2 days during the treatment compared with 3–30 days during treatment month …