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Association between RA disease activity and periodontitis defined by tooth loss: longitudinal and cross-sectional data from two observational studies.

Katinka AlbrechtPaola de PabloThorsten EidnerGuido HoeseSiegfried WassenbergAngela ZinkJohanna Callhoff
Published in: Arthritis care & research (2021)
While we observed an association between tooth loss and disease activity scores and inflammation markers in early and established RA, longitudinal results suggest that tooth loss does not hamper treatment response.
Keyphrases
  • disease activity
  • rheumatoid arthritis
  • systemic lupus erythematosus
  • cross sectional
  • rheumatoid arthritis patients
  • ankylosing spondylitis
  • juvenile idiopathic arthritis
  • oxidative stress
  • electronic health record