Epidemiological pattern of COVID-19 and its association with periodontal health in an urban Indian cohort

• Main Authors: Ishita Gupta (Author), Shivani A. Patel (Author), Dimple Kondal (Author), Michael Goodman (Author), Sailesh Mohan (Author), Mohammed K. Ali (Author), Nikhil Tandon (Author), K. M. Venkat Narayan (Author), Dorairaj Prabhakaran (Author), Krithiga Shridhar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundStudies have highlighted a possible influence of gingival and periodontal disease (PD) on COVID-19 risk and severity. However, the evidence is based on hospital-based studies and community-level data are sparse.ObjectivesWe described the epidemiological pattern of SARS-CoV-2 infection in D...