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 CallhoffPublished 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.