Is there an association between oral health and severity of COVID-19 complications?

Most patients with severe complications from COVID-19 have underlying conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. In parallel, there is growing evidence for a link between periodontitis and non-oral systemic diseases. The oral cavity is also a reservoir for respiratory pathogens, and pat...

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Autores principales: Botros, Nathalie, Iyer, Parvati, Ojcius, David M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Chang Gung University 2020
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News and Perspectives
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7258848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32713780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bj.2020.05.016
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description Most patients with severe complications from COVID-19 have underlying conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. In parallel, there is growing evidence for a link between periodontitis and non-oral systemic diseases. The oral cavity is also a reservoir for respiratory pathogens, and patients with periodontal disease are more likely to develop hospital-acquired pneumonia than healthy individuals. We therefore hypothesize that improving oral health could decrease the severity of COVID-19 symptoms and reduce the associated morbidity.
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spelling pubmed-72588482020-05-29 Is there an association between oral health and severity of COVID-19 complications? Botros, Nathalie Iyer, Parvati Ojcius, David M. Biomed J News and Perspectives Most patients with severe complications from COVID-19 have underlying conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. In parallel, there is growing evidence for a link between periodontitis and non-oral systemic diseases. The oral cavity is also a reservoir for respiratory pathogens, and patients with periodontal disease are more likely to develop hospital-acquired pneumonia than healthy individuals. We therefore hypothesize that improving oral health could decrease the severity of COVID-19 symptoms and reduce the associated morbidity. Chang Gung University 2020-08 2020-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7258848/ /pubmed/32713780 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bj.2020.05.016 Text en © 2020 Chang Gung University. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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