Artigo Acesso aberto Produção Nacional Revisado por pares

Framingham cardiovascular risk in patients with obesity and periodontitis

2014; Medknow; Volume: 18; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4103/0972-124x.128193

ISSN

0975-1580

Autores

Juliana Rico Pires, Isac Pinheirodos Santos, LilianFlosi de Camargo, Elizângela Partata Zuza, Benedicto Egbert Corrêa de Toledo, Sally Cristina Moutinho Monteiro,

Tópico(s)

Dental Radiography and Imaging

Resumo

Obesity is a chronic inflammatory condition that has been associated to a risk factor for the development of periodontitis and cardiovascular disease; however, the relationship still needs to be clarified. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cardiovascular risk in obese patients with chronic periodontitis.

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