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[Risk factors in periodontal disease]
1UDA Parodontologia e Chirurgia Maxillo Facciale, Università degli studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy. stefano.sartori@venus.it
Minerva Stomatologica
|March 28, 2003
Abstract:
Some life styles and systemic pathologies represent risk factors for the periodontal disease. Cigarette smoking in particular increases the speed of progression of periodontitis. Other conditions such as diabetes mellitus, presence of genetic markers and some bacteria are significantly correlated with the periodontal disease.