Autoimmune Diseases and Oral Health: 30-Year Follow-Up of a Swedish Cohort

• Main Authors: Anna Julkunen (Author), Anna Maria Heikkinen (Author), Birgitta Söder (Author), Per-Östen Söder (Author), Sanna Toppila-Salmi (Author), Jukka H. Meurman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Oral infections up-regulate a number of systemic inflammatory reactions that, in turn, play a role in the development of systemic diseases. We investigated the association between oral health and autoimmune diseases in a cohort of Swedish adults. Hypothesis was that poor oral health associates with...