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Effects of periodontal treatment on exacerbation frequency and lung function in patients with chronic periodontitis: study protocol of a 1-year randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been associated with periodontal disease (PD), and periodontal treatment (PT) has been connected to reduction of lung disease exacerbations. Bronchiectasis has many clinical similarities with COPD but, although it is also a chronic lung di...

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Autores principales: Santos, Sergio Romero, Pinto, Erika Horácio, Longo, Priscila Larcher, Dal Corso, Simone, Lanza, Fernanda Cordoba, Stelmach, Rafael, Rached, Samia Zahi, Lino-dos-Santos-Franco, Adriana, Mayer, Marcia Pinto Alves, Bussadori, Sandra Kalil, Fernandes, Kristianne Porta Santos, Mesquita-Ferrari, Raquel Agnelli, Horliana, Anna Carolina Ratto Tempestini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5259840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28114928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-016-0340-z