Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of low dose doxycycline and atorvastatin on gingival inflammation and alveolar bone loss in an experimental model of periodontitis in rats. Methods: Forty male Sprague Dawley rats were divided into four study groups as follows: (I) experimental periodontitis control, (II) rats with periodontitis treated with low dose atorvastatin...

PURPOSE The aim of the present study was to explore an association between IL-1B polymorphism and periodontal disease in patients with chronic periodontitis and subjects with aggressive periodontitis in a Polish population. In multivariate logistic regression the association of the following parameters: genotype, age, sex, smoking status, and approximal space plaque index (API) > 50% with the r...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS This study was designed to explore the relationship between periodontitis and diabetes mellitus (DM) in Uygur adults from Xinjiang. METHODS AND RESULTS Data were obtained using questionnaire and oral examination. Participants (48.87 ± 13.72 yr) were categorized into periodontitis and non-periodontitis groups in accordance with the chronic periodontitis diagnostic criteria....

The purpose of the study Our study was centred on the comparative research of enzymatic and non-enzymatic oxidative status mediators in the crevicular fluid on chronic and aggressive periodontitis patients, compared to periodontal healthy subjects. Materials and methods The study was conducted on 42 patients. They were divided in 3 study groups: chronic periodontitis subjects, aggressive period...

background: c-reactive protein (crp) is an acute phase reactant and has been proved to be a significant predictor of future cardiovascular events. recent studies have demonstrated a correlation between periodontitis and elevated crp levels. however, comparison between the levels of crp in two main forms of periodontitis is ambiguous. this study aims at determining and comparing the relative lev...

Introduction and objectives: positive correlation have been seen between high salivary calcium content and periodontal disease. This study was designed to compare inorganic salivary calcium, phosphate, flow rate and ph, of paraffin wax stimulated saliva of patients with gingivitis; mild periodontitis; moderate periodontitis; severe periodontitis. Methods: the present study consisted of 125 pati...