Periodontitis is the sixth-most prevalent disease in the world and the first cause for tooth loss
in adults. With focus shifted to the inflammatory/immune response in the pathogenesis of …

Salivary glands concentrate plasma nitrate into saliva, leading to high nitrate concentrations
that can reach the millimolar range after a nitrate-rich vegetable meal. Whereas human cells …

The association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and periodontal disease (PD) has been
the focus of numerous investigations driven by their common pathological features. RA is an …

Oral Prevotella are known as anaerobic commensals on oral mucosae and in dental
plaques from early life onwards, including pigmented P. melaninogenica, P. nigrescens, and …

Rheumatoid arthritis and periodontitis are chronic inflammatory diseases defined
respectively by the destruction of the articular cartilage and tooth‐supporting periodontal …

The salivary glands actively concentrate plasma nitrate, leading to high salivary nitrate
concentrations (5–8 mM) after a nitrate-rich vegetable meal. Nitrate is an ecological factor …

Gallstone disease (GSD) has, for many years, remained a high-cost, socially significant
public health problem. Over the past decade, a number of studies have been carried out …

A few studies indicate that nitrate can reduce dysbiosis from a periodontitis point of view.
However, these experiments were performed on samples from healthy individuals, and it is …

Understanding the impact of oral health on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) will inform how best to
manage patients with both periodontitis and RA. This review seeks to provide an update on …

Recent evidence indicates that the reduction of salivary nitrate by oral bacteria can
contribute to prevent oral diseases, as well as increase systemic nitric oxide levels that can …