Abstract
The past decades have significantly widened the perspectives of the chronic oral infectious disease known as periodontitis. The disease is regarded as a bacterial infection resulting in low-grade inflammation of the periodontal tissues, and both the associated release of pro-inflammatory mediators and the presence of bacteria in the periodontal pockets, which, as the result of daily procedures, may spread after penetration of the vasculature, are possible mediators of systemic consequences. The present chapter deals with the possible association of periodontitis with rheumatoid arthritis, which may possess a two-way interrelationship.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Oral Infections and General Health : From Molecule to Chairside |
| Editors | Anne Marie Lynge Pedersen |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Place of Publication | Heidelberg |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Publication date | 1 Jan 2015 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Pages | 45-51 |
| Chapter | 5 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-319-25089-2 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-319-25091-5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
