Obesity and Periodontitis
- 13 August 1998
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 339 (7) , 482-483
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199808133390717
Abstract
We recently noted a relation between obesity, which is a risk factor for various diseases, and periodontitis, which is a major cause of tooth loss in adults. We studied 241 apparently healthy dentulous Japanese subjects, 20 to 59 years of age (172 women and 69 men), who attended a health promotion program at Fukuoka Health Promotion Center from May 1995 to April 1997. Periodontal status was estimated by the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN).1 Among the subjects, 145 had no periodontitis (normal gums or gingivitis, CPITN code 0 to 2; probing depth, ≤3.5 mm), and 96 had periodontitis (CPITN code 3 or 4; probing depth, ≥4 mm).Keywords
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