Periodontal status, vascular reactivity, and platelet aggregation changes in rats submitted to hypercholesterolemic diet and periodontitis.
Natália L C SilvaNadia A V MottaMariana Alves SoaresOlga Maria Oliveira de AraújoLaís Christina Pontes EspíndolaAna Paula Vieira ColomboRicardo Tadeu LopesFernanda Carla Ferreira BritoAna Luísa Palhares MirandaJorge Luiz Mendonça TributinoPublished in: Journal of periodontal research (2020)
Hypercholesterolemia accelerated the process of bone loss induced by periodontitis while a high cholesterol diet or periodontitis individually increased platelet aggregation and vascular reactivity in rats without additive or synergistic effects, when associated.