Periodontitis in individuals with few remaining teeth and a high gingival bleeding index increases the probability of dyslipidemia.
Isaac Suzart Gomes-FilhoTaciane Oliveira Bet FreitasSimone Seixas da CruzSoraya Castro TrindadeAna Claudia Morais Godoy FigueiredoPaulo Henrique Couto SouzaEneida de Moraes Marcílio CerqueiraAlexandre Marcelo HintzDaline Oliveira CarneiroJuliana Andrade de LacerdaGregory John SeymourFrank Andrew ScannapiecoPeter Michael LoomerJohelle de Santana Passos-SoaresPublished in: Journal of periodontology (2023)
Periodontitis combined with fewer than 11 teeth doubled the likelihood of being diagnosed with dyslipidemia.