Open AccessIs periodontitis associated with obstructive sleep apnea? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Nazanin Khodadadi,
Mehrnaz Khodadadi,
Mohammad Zamani
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of clinical and experimental dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.481
H-Index - 23
ISSN - 1989-5488
DOI - 10.4317/jced.59478
Subject(s) - periodontitis , meta analysis , medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , odds ratio , confidence interval , observational study , medline , aggressive periodontitis , web of science , publication bias , dentistry , political science , law
There are conflicting results on the association between periodontitis and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). In the present study, we performed a contemporaneous systematic review and meta-analysis to clarify this issue. We also tried to find out whether periodontitis is associated with OSA severity.