Regular dental visits, periodontitis, tooth loss, and atherosclerosis: The Ohasama study.
Sho YamadaTakamasa KomiyamaTakashi OhiTakahisa MurakamiYoshitada MiyoshiKosei EndoTakako HiratsukaAzusa HaraMichihiro SatohYukako TatsumiRyusuke InoueKei AsayamaMasahiro KikuyaAtsushi HozawaHirohito MetokiYutaka ImaiTakayoshi OhkuboYoshinori HattoriPublished in: Journal of periodontal research (2022)
The absence of regular dental visits and presence of periodontitis are associated with atherosclerosis among community dwellers in Japan.