Open AccessIs there a relationship between periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis?
Author(s) -
Sarika Bhalgat Ranade,
Satish Doiphode
Publication year - 2012
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.94599
Subject(s) - rheumatoid arthritis , periodontitis , medicine , etiology , arthritis , pathological , dentistry
Growth of scientific evidence suggests an exquisite association between oral infection and systemic diseases. Though etiologies of periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are separate, their underlying pathological processes are sufficient to warrant consideration of hypothesis that individuals at risk of developing RA may also be at the risk of developing periodontitis and vice versa.