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Gingival and periodontal health in systemic lupus erythematosus
Author(s) -
Mutlu Serdar,
Richards Andrea,
Maddison Peter,
Scully Crispian
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1993.tb00742.x
Subject(s) - medicine , periodontal disease , systemic disease , lupus erythematosus , dentistry , dermatology , disease , immunology , antibody
– This study compared the periodontal health of patients with SLE with that of healthy controls. Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus had significantly lower periodontal probing depths compared with healthy controls. It is possible that systemic drugs such as corticosteroids and NSAIDS may be responsible for these reduced probing depths but this study did not reveal a statistically significant effect of drugs. There is thus no evidence for a predisposition to increased periodontal disease in SLE.