In the last five decades, considerable progress has been made towards understanding the
etiology and pathogenesis of periodontal diseases and their interactions with the host. The …

For decades, physicians and dentists have paid close attention to their own respective fields,
specializing in medicine pertaining to the body and the oral cavity, respectively. However …

Gingivitis and periodontitis are associated with a negative impact on Oral Health Related
Quality of Life (OHRQoL), exerting a significant influence on aspects related to the patients' …

CONTEXT: Inflammatory periodontal diseases exhibit an association with multiple systemic
conditions. Currently, there is a lack of consensus among experts on the nature of these …

Increasing evidence has suggested an independent association between periodontitis and
a range of comorbidities, for example cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid …

Periodontal diseases are considered a worldwide public health problem, owing to their high
prevalence in developed and developing countries. Periodontitis may lead to tooth loss …

Periodontal diseases comprise a number of infectious and inflammatory conditions brought
about by the interaction between supragingival and subgingival biofilms and the host …

During recent years, considerable progress has been made in understanding the
etiopathogenesis of periodontitis in its various forms and their interactions with the host …

Medicine and dentistry interface at many levels. For example, the focal infection theory,
popular at the outset of the 1900s, suggested that systemic ailments could be traced to …

Background This position paper was commissioned by the European Association of Dental
Public Health, which has established six working groups to investigate the current status of …