Periodontal disease adversely affects the survival of patients with end-stage renal disease

Periodontal disease adversely affects the survival of patients with end-stage renal disease Abhijit V. Kshirsagar, Ronald G. Craig, Kevin L. Moss, James D. Beck, Steven Offenbacher, Peter Kotanko, Philip J. Klemmer, Maki Yoshino, Nathan W. Levin, Julie K. Yip, Khalid Almas, Eva M. Lupovici, Len A. Usvyat and Ronald J. Falk Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, UNC Kidney Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Basic Sciences/Craniofacial Biology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York University, New York City, NY, USA; Department of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry, New York University College of Dentistry, New York University, New York City, NY, USA; Department of Dental Ecology, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Periodontology and Center for Oral and Systemic Disease, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Renal Research Institute, New York City, NY, USA; Division of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA and Program in Dental Hygiene, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, USA