American Heart Journal
Volume 151, Issue 5 , Pages 977-984, May 2006

Periodontal infections cause changes in traditional and novel cardiovascular risk factors: Results from a randomized controlled clinical trial

  • Francesco D'Aiuto, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Periodontology and Eastman Clinical Investigation Centre, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
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  • Mohamed Parkar, BSc, MPhil

      Affiliations

    • Department of Periodontology and Eastman Clinical Investigation Centre, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
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  • Luigi Nibali, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Periodontology and Eastman Clinical Investigation Centre, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Jean Suvan, RDH, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Periodontology and Eastman Clinical Investigation Centre, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Jan Lessem, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Periodontology and Eastman Clinical Investigation Centre, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
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  • Maurizio S. Tonetti, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Periodontology and Eastman Clinical Investigation Centre, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
    • Division of Periodontology, Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Maurizio S. Toretti, Division of Periodontology, Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT 06030.

Received 21 December 2004; accepted 9 June 2005.

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 This study was supported by a donation from Orapharma and by the Periodontal Research Fund of the Eastman Dental Institute. The sponsors of the study had a role in study design, but not in data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or in the writing of the report. F.D. and L.N. are supported by a fellowship from the Italian Society of Periodontology and the European Union.

PII: S0002-8703(05)00631-9

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2005.06.018

American Heart Journal
Volume 151, Issue 5 , Pages 977-984, May 2006

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