Association between periodontitis and severe asthma in adults: A case-control study.
Kaliane Rocha Soledade-MarquesIsaac Suzart Gomes-FilhoSimone Seixas da CruzJohelle de Santana Passos-SoaresSoraya Castro TrindadeEneida de Moraes Marcílio CerqueiraJulita Maria Freitas CoelhoMaurício Lima BarretoMaria da Conceição Nascimento CostaMaria Isabel Pereira ViannaFrank A ScannapiecoÁlvaro Augusto CruzAdelmir Souza-MachadoPublished in: Oral diseases (2017)
Association between periodontitis and severe asthma was observed. Further investigation is required to determine the direction of this relationship. It may be causal, but it may also be a consequence of the immunopathological process that characterizes asthma, or else, consequence of the medication used for treatment.