Clinical Immunological American Dermato-epidemiologic Network

Epidemiology: Open Access

Relationship between Periodontitis, Joint Diseases and Smoking in Patients Who Will Undergo Dental Implants

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Arthritis is a chronic systemic immune disease, in addition to being a inflammatory disease that can use many tissues and organs, but mainly involves synovial joints. Smoking has been shown to be an important risk factor for oral cancer and pre-malignant lesions, tooth loss and destructive periodontal diseases, tooth loss and destructive periodontal diseases.