Browsing by Subject "Periodontal diseases"

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    • Assessment of cardiovascular risk in women with periodontal diseases according to c-reactive protein levels 
      Da Venezia, Claudia; Hussein Rojas, Nayib Ignacio; Hernández Ríos, Marcela; Contreras Balbontín, Johanna; Morales Chvets, Alicia Alvarovna; Valdés, Macarena; Rojas, Francisca; Matamala López, Loreto; Hernández Ríos, Patricia (MDPI, 2021)
      Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are highly prevalent non-communicable diseases worldwide. Periodontitis may act as a non-traditional cardiovascular risk (CVR) factor, linked by a low-grade systemic inflammation mediated by ...
    • Development of a self report questionnaire designed for population based surveillance of gingivitis in ... 
      Quiróz, Viviana; Reinero Núñez, Daniela; Hernández Ríos, Patricia; Contreras Balbontín, Johanna; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; Carvajal, Paola (Universidade de São Paulo, 2017)
      The major infectious diseases in Chile encompass the periodontal diseases, with a combined prevalence that rises up to 90% of the population. Thus, the population-based surveillance of periodontal diseases plays a central ...
    • Host response mechanisms in periodontal diseases 
      Silva, Nora; Abusleme Ramos, Loreto Andrea; Bravo, Denisse; Dutzan Muñoz, Nicolás; García Sesnich, Jocelyn; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; Hernández, Marcela; Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio (Univ Sao Paulo Fac Odontologia Bauru, 2015)
      Periodontal diseases usually refer to common inflammatory disorders known as gingivitis and periodontitis, which are caused by a pathogenic microbiota in the subgingival biofilm, including Porphyromonas gingivalis, ...
    • Interferon-γ, interleukins-6 and -4, and factor XIII-A as indirect markers of the classical and alternative ... 
      Navarrete, Mariely; García, Jocelyn; Dutzan, Nicolás; Henríquez, Leslie; Puente, Javier; Carvajal, Paola; Hernandez, Marcela; Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio (American Academy of Periodontology, 2014)
      Macrophages account for 5% to 30% of the inflammatory infiltrate in periodontitis and are activated by the classic and alternative pathways. These pathways are identified by indirect markers, among which interferon (IFN)-γ ...
    • Periodontal disease and its impact on general health in Latin America. Section I: Introduction part I 
      Gamonal Aravena, Jorge; Bravo, Joel; Malheiros, Zilson; Stewart, Bernal; Morales Chvets, Alicia; Cavalla, Franco; Gómez, Mariel (Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontologica, 2020)
      A high level of general and oral health are invaluable assets, a factor not always considered a basic human right for their better life quality. The mouth is a critical point of contact with the external environment, which ...
    • Periodontal disease and its impact on general health in Latin America. Section II: Introduction part II 
      Carvajal, Paola; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; Reinero, Daniela; Malheiros, Zilson; Stewart, Bernal; Pannuti, Claudio Mendes; Romito, Giuseppe Alexandre (Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontologica, 2020)
      The epidemiological data on gingivitis and periodontitis in Latin America are scarce, as the majority of the Latin American studies have analyzed probing depth instead of clinical attachment loss. Reported data have shown ...
    • Subgingival microbiota of chronic periodontitis subjects from different geographic locations 
      Haffajee, A.; Bogren, A.; Hasturk, H.; Feres, M.; López, N.; Socransky, S. (2004)
      BACKGROUND: Most clinical studies assume that the subgingival microbiota is similar from one geographic location to another. The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the composition of the subgingival ...