Open AccessImpact of chronic periodontitis on quality-of-life and on the level of blood metabolic markers
Author(s) -
Leila Cristina dos Santos Mourão,
Cataldo Dde M,
H Moutinho,
Antônio Canabarro
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of indian society of periodontology (print)/journal of indian society of periodontology (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 0975-1580
pISSN - 0972-124X
DOI - 10.4103/0972-124x.149935
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic periodontitis , wilcoxon signed rank test , quality of life (healthcare) , periodontitis , statistical significance , uric acid , gastroenterology , mann–whitney u test , nursing
Despite the recognition that systemic factors can alter the risk to the chronic periodontitis (CP), only recently has evidence begun to emerge, still under investigation, that infections of the oral cavity are related with low quality-of-life (QoL) and are able to influence the occurrence and severity of certain conditions and systemic diseases.