Prevalence of periodontitis and alveolar bone loss in a patient population at Harvard School of Dental Medicine

• Main Authors: Mohammad F. Helmi (Author), Hui Huang (Author), J. Max Goodson (Author), Hatice Hasturk (Author), Mary Tavares (Author), Zuhair S. Natto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Although several studies assessed the prevalence of alveolar bone loss, the association with several risk factors has not been fully investigated. The aim of this article is to measure the prevalence of periodontitis by calculating the mean alveolar bone loss/level of posterior t...