Open AccessDental Prophylaxis and Periodontal Treatment Are Protective Factors to Ischemic Stroke
Author(s) -
YaLing Lee,
HsiaoYun Hu,
Nicole Huang,
DeKuang Hwang,
Pesus Chou,
Dachen Chu
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.111.000076
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , stroke (engine) , confidence interval , confounding , incidence (geometry) , proportional hazards model , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , engineering
A correlation has been found between periodontal disease (PD) and stroke. This study was conducted to investigate whether dental prophylaxis and periodontal treatment reduce the incidence rate (IR) of ischemic stroke.
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