Association between periodontal disease, tooth loss, and liver diseases risk.

CONCLUSION: Periodontal disease and tooth loss are positively associated with liver diseases including NAFLD, elevated transaminase level, liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. PMID: 32621350 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32621350?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Clinical Periodontology - July 2, 2020 Category: Dentistry Authors: Chen Y, Yang YC, Zhu BL, Wu CC, Lin RF, Zhang X Tags: J Clin Periodontol Source Type: research