The concept of "risk" and the emerging discipline of periodontal medicine

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-18

  Paquette, David W ^a   Madianos, Phoebus ^a   Offenbacher, Steven ^a   Beck, James D ^a   Williams, Ray C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Infant; Low birth weight; Pathophysiology; Periodontal diseases; Periodontitis; Risk; Risk assessment; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTISTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; HEALTH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MOUTH DISEASE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PERIODONTITIS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK; TOOTH INFECTION; TOOTH PLAQUE;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DENTAL PLAQUE; FEMALE; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; PREGNANCY; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033570471     PISSN: 15263711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jcdp-1-1-42     Document Type: Review

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