The Prevalence of Periodontitis Among US Adults with Multimorbidity Using NHANES Data 2011–2014

Abstract

Periodontitis is a highly prevalent, preventable chronic inflammatory condition. It shares many common risk factors with multimorbidity but was not independently associated with multimorbidity in our study. Further research is required to understand these observations and whether treating periodontitis in patients with multimorbidity may improve health care outcomes.