Association between periodontitis and severity of COVID-19 infection: A case-control study.

Nadya MaroufWenji CaiKhalid N SaidHanin DaasHanan DiabVenkateswara Rao ChintaAli Ait HssainBelinda NicolauMariano SanzFaleh Tamimi

Published in: Journal of clinical periodontology (2021)

Periodontitis was associated with higher risk of ICU admission, need for assisted ventilation and death of COVID-19 patients, and with increased blood levels of biomarkers linked to worse disease outcomes.

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