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Dental Calculus Links Statistically to Angina Pectoris: 26-Year Observational Study

OBJECTIVES: Dental infections, such as periodontitis, associate with atherosclerosis and its complications. We studied a cohort followed-up since 1985 for incidence of angina pectoris with the hypothesis that calculus accumulation, proxy for poor oral hygiene, links to this symptom. METHODS: In our...

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Autores principales: Söder, Birgitta, Meurman, Jukka H., Söder, Per-Östen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4919060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27336307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157797