Effect of periodontal therapy on adipokine biomarkers in overweight.
Johannes MaternRaphael KochAstrid PetersmannThomas KocherPeter EickholzKatrin LorenzTi-Sun KimJoerg MeyleDoğan KanerUlrich SchlagenhaufMartina GravemeierInga HarksBenjamin EhmkePublished in: Journal of clinical periodontology (2020)
Non-surgical periodontal therapy reduced systemically elevated inflammation-associated biomarkers in periodontitis patients. These improvements were more pronounced in overweight patients than in normal-weight patients.