Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Suffer from Worse Periodontal Health—Evidence from a Meta-Analysis

Background and Objective: It is widely accepted that there is an association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and periodontitis. However, whether the periodontal status of the COPD patients is worse than that of the non-COPD subjects is seldom assessed. The findings currently ava...

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Main Authors: Quan Shi, Bin Zhang, Helin Xing, Shuo Yang, Juan Xu, Hongchen Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2018.00033/full