Association of Periodontitis and Arterial Stiffness in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

• Main Authors: Anandhara Indriani Khumaedi (Author), Dyah Purnamasari (Author), Ika P Wijaya (Author), Yuniarti Soeroso (Author), Siti Marhamah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Interna Publishing, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: periodontitis is a major cause of chronic infection in diabetic patients. Diabetic patients have four-fold risk of having cardiovascular disease. Chronic inflammation caused by periodontitis, a non-traditional cardiovascular risk factor is widely known to play a major role in atherogenes...