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

• Main Authors: Heraldo Luis Dias Da Silveira (Author), Fernanda Hoffmann Busanello (Author), Carolina Nedel (Author), Mariana Boessio Vizzotto (Author), Spyros Damaskos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...