Association Among Oral Health Parameters, Periodontitis, and Its Treatment and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis

Cleber Machado‐Souza, Ana Paula Ribeiro Braosi, Sônia Mara Luczyszyn, Márcia Olandoski, Peter Kotanko, Ronald G. Craig, Paula Cristina Trevilatto, Roberto Pecoits‐Filho

Journal of Periodontology · 2013 · 66 citations · 32 references

Abstract

These results suggest that poor oral health, including CP, is a common finding in patients undergoing HD. The results of this study call for intervention trials to test the hypothesis that treatment of CP improves survival in maintenance of patients undergoing HD.

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