Periodontitis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: A nation-wide study of 1990 patients.

Anne Isine BolstadPria SehjpalStein Atle Lie Bjørg-Tilde Svanes Fevang

Published in: Journal of periodontology (2021)

Patients with SLE had an almost doubled risk of periodontitis compared with the control population, and the difference was most accentuated in the young patients. These findings warrant an increased focus on dental health in SLE-patients.

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