Periodontal disease and detection of human herpesviruses in saliva and gingival crevicular fluid of chronic kidney disease patients.
Debora PallosGilson F RuivoSabino H Ferrari-JuniorClaudio S PannutiCaroline PeroziniDmitry J S SarmentoMichelle PalmieriAna C M F SouzaTania R Tozetto-MendozaAlain DoglioPaulo Henrique Braz-SilvaPublished in: Journal of periodontology (2020)
These findings show the importance of evaluating the periodontal disease and detecting herpesviruses in patients with CKD as the inflammatory process observed in these clinical conditions may worsen the course of both periodontal disease and CKD.