The combined and individual impact of diabetes and smoking on key subgingival periodontal pathogens in patients with chronic periodontitis.
C R JoaquimT S MirandaL M MarinsH D P SilvaM FeresL C FigueiredoPoliana Mendes DuartePublished in: Journal of periodontal research (2017)
The subgingival levels and prevalence of the bacterial species studied are not significantly different in subjects with chronic periodontitis presenting DM, smokers or smokers with DM. In addition, DM and smoking, jointly and individually, do not considerably affect the subgingival levels of target periodontal pathogens in patients with chronic periodontitis.