Effects of periodontal treatment on exacerbation frequency and lung function in patients with chronic periodontitis: study protocol of a 1-year randomized controlled trial
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- 作者：Sergio Romero Santos ; Erika Horácio Pinto ; Priscila Larcher Longo…
- 关键词：Respiratory medicine ; Dentistry ; Periodontal treatment ; Periodontal disease ; Bronchiectasis
- 刊名：BMC Pulmonary Medicine
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：17
- 期：1
- 全文大小：783KB
- 刊物主题：Pneumology/Respiratory System; Internal Medicine; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2466
- 卷排序：17
文摘
BackgroundChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been associated with periodontal disease (PD), and periodontal treatment (PT) has been connected to reduction of lung disease exacerbations. Bronchiectasis has many clinical similarities with COPD but, although it is also a chronic lung disease, to date it has not been studied with relation to PD. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether PT associated with photodynamic therapy (PDT) reduces the number of exacerbations, improves pulmonary function, periodontal clinical parameters and quality of life after 1 year of periodontal treatment follow-up.