TY - T1 - Apical periodontitis associates with cardiovascular diseases : a cross-sectional study from Sweden SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/204688 T3 - A1 - Virtanen, Eunice; Nurmi, Tapio; Soder, Per-Osten; Airila-Mansson, Stella; Soder, Birgitta; Meurman, Jukka H. A2 - PB - Y1 - 2017 LA - eng AB - Background: Periodontal disease associates with systemic diseases but corresponding links regarding apical periodontitis (AP) are not so clear. Hence our aim was to study association between AP and the prevalence of systemic diseases in a study population from Sweden. Methods: The subjects were 150 patients from a randomly selected epidemiological sample of 1676 individuals. 120 accepted to participate and their basic and clinical examination data were available for these secondary analyses wher... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Apical periodontitis; Periodontitis; Cardiovascular diseases; Systemic diseases; Hospital care; ENDODONTICALLY TREATED TEETH; ROOT-FILLED TEETH; DIABETES-MELLITUS; PERIAPICAL STATUS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; INFLAMMATION; BACTEREMIA; FREQUENCY; SMOKING; 313 Dentistry N1 - PP - ER -