The clinical association between Periodontitis and COVID-19.

Shipra GuptaRitin MohindraMohita SinglaSagar KheraVaibhav SahniPoonam KantaRoop Kishor SoniAmit KumarKrishan GaubaKapil GoyalMini P SinghArnab GhoshKamal KajalVarun MahajanAshish BhallaTimo SorsaIsmo Räisänen

Published in: Clinical oral investigations (2021)

The study is the first to clinically, and by means of a validated point-of-care diagnostic methodology, assess the association between periodontal health and COVID-19-related outcomes. Assessment of the periodontal status of individuals can aid in the identification of risk groups during the pandemic along with reinforcing the need to maintain oral hygiene and seeking periodontal care.

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