Periodontitis is a complex disease:(a) various causative factors play a role simultaneously
and interact with each other; and (b) the disease is episodic in nature, and bursts of disease …

Inflammasomes are a group of multimolecular intracellular complexes assembled around
several innate immune proteins. Recognition of a diverse range of microbial, stress and …

INTRODUCTION Mucosal barrier sites are continuously exposed to diverse environmental
stimuli, and the fine-tuning of mucosal tissue–specific immune responses is key to …

Background and Purpose—Periodontal disease is independently associated with
cardiovascular disease. Identification of periodontal disease as a risk factor for incident …

Background Successful dissemination of the new classification of periodontitis is facilitated
by emphasis on the basic ground rules, clarification of ambiguities, and identification of “gray …

Background This paper focuses on the Periodontal Profile Class (PPC) System that may be
more informative and representative of periodontitis phenotypes than current case …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the associations between interdental cleaning
behavior and the prevalence of caries and periodontal disease and numbers of missing …

Aim The aim of this analysis was to assess how different tooth‐prognosis systems could
predict tooth loss in a cohort of periodontitis patients followed up prospectively during …

Background We recently described the association between periodontal disease (PD) and
stroke risk. Purpose The purpose of this study was to test the association between PD …

Objective To test the hypothesis that periodontal disease would be associated with
increased risk for dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) by assessing dementia/MCI …