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Periodontitis
Periodontal disease: diagnosis, staging, and treatment.
5 articles about “Periodontitis”
Periodontitis Staging & Grading: Reliability and Impact on Clinical Decision-Making
This article maps the 2018 classification of periodontitis along clinical decision axes: staging reliability, grading validity, treatment pathway, systemic association, and interdisciplinary options.
Periodontitis and Alzheimer's: Association or Causation?
Literature shows consistent links between periodontitis and cognitive decline, but no clear causal chain exists. Clinical relevance is suggested, though direct evidence is lacking.
Periodontitis and Cardiovascular Risk: Association, Confounding, and the Missing Intervention Link
Reviews link periodontitis to heart disease, but evidence is only observational; RCTs on this topic are missing.
Non-Surgical Periodontitis Therapy: Basic Treatment, Adjuncts, and Systemic Relevance
9 systematic reviews/meta-analyses confirm SRP benefits for periodontitis stages II-IV. Evidence covers core therapy, adjunctive treatments, and systemic links.
Deep Cleaning / SRP: When Is It Real Therapy, When Is It Overexpanded indication?
Evidence review: SRP vs. "deep cleaning." Assessing adjunctive treatments (aPDT, YAG laser) for periodontitis/diabetes.