A pilot clinical and radiographic study on the association between periodontitis and serious COVID-19 infection.
Panagiotis GardelisAlkisti ZekeridouNoemie SuhChristophe Le TerrierAndreas StavropoulosCatherine GiannopoulouPublished in: Clinical and experimental dental research (2022)
The present pilot study showed that about half of the patients suffering from severe forms of COVID-19 infection in need of ICU admission suffered also from severe periodontitis, and about one-fourth of them were highly susceptible to it.