Are dental and periapical status related to incidental findings of calcifications along the course of the internal carotid artery in cone-beam computed tomography?

• Autori principali: Heraldo Luis Dias Da Silveira (Autore), Fernanda Hoffmann Busanello (Autore), Carolina Nedel (Autore), Mariana Boessio Vizzotto (Autore), Spyros Damaskos (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Context: Given that tooth loss, periapical lesion, and manifestations of periodontal disease are generally related to previous inflammatory events and that a linear relationship exists between tooth loss and degree of arterial stiffness, reasonable ground exists to investigate whether there is an as...