Ethanol binge drinking exposure affects alveolar bone quality and aggravates bone loss in experimentally-induced periodontitis.
Deborah Ribeiro FrazãoCristiane do Socorro Ferraz MaiaVictória Dos Santos ChemeloDeiweson MonteiroRailson de Oliveira FerreiraLeonardo Oliveira BittencourtGabriela de Souza BalbinotFabrício Mezzomo CollaresCassiano Kuchenbecker RösingManoela Domingues MartinsRafael Rodrigues LimaPublished in: PloS one (2020)
In conclusion, intense and episodic ethanol intake decreased alveolar bone quality in all microstructural parameters analyzed which may be considered a modifying factor of periodontitis, intensifying the already installed disease.