PMID- 17451414
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070719
LR  - 20070518
IS  - 0303-6979 (Print)
IS  - 0303-6979 (Linking)
VI  - 34
IP  - 6
DP  - 2007 Jun
TI  - Relationship between periodontal findings and Behcet's disease: a controlled 
      study.
PG  - 485-91
AB  - BACKGROUND: Behcet's disease (BD) is a chronic, relapsing, systemic vasculitis of 
      unknown aetiology. The involvement of oral mucosal surfaces represents the onset 
      feature of the disease in the majority of patients. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this 
      study was to evaluate the periodontal status of BD patients and then compare with 
      recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) patients and healthy controls. We also 
      determined the relationship between the periodontal condition and the clinical 
      severity of the disease in BD patients. METHODS: Eighty-six patients with BD, 63 
      patients with RAS and 82 healthy subjects were included in the study. The 
      periodontal status of all subjects was evaluated according to the community 
      periodontal index of treatment needs (CPITN). BD patients were also assessed for 
      clinical severity score (CSS) as described previously. RESULTS: The mean CPITN 
      were observed to be higher in BD patients (1.79 +/- 0.96) compared with RAS 
      patients (1.22 +/- 0.87) and healthy controls (1.18 +/- 0.98) (p<0.001). There 
      was a positive association between CSS and CPITN (p=0.017) in BD patients. 
      CONCLUSION: Our results showed that periodondal status is worse in BD patients 
      and associated with disease severity. We can speculate that periodontitis may 
      induce a systemic inflammatory process that may contribute to the development 
      and/or progression of BD.
FAU - Akman, Ayse
AU  - Akman A
AD  - Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, 
      Antalya, Turkey. aakman@akdeniz.edu.tr
FAU - Kacaroglu, Hasan
AU  - Kacaroglu H
FAU - Donmez, Levent
AU  - Donmez L
FAU - Bacanli, Ali
AU  - Bacanli A
FAU - Alpsoy, Erkan
AU  - Alpsoy E
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Controlled Clinical Trial
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20070423
PL  - United States
TA  - J Clin Periodontol
JT  - Journal of clinical periodontology
JID - 0425123
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Behcet Syndrome/classification/*complications/physiopathology
MH  - Dental Caries/complications
MH  - Dental Prosthesis
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Periodontal Diseases/classification/complications
MH  - *Periodontal Index
MH  - Recurrence
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Stomatitis, Aphthous/classification/*complications
MH  - Toothbrushing
EDAT- 2007/04/25 09:00
MHDA- 2007/07/20 09:00
CRDT- 2007/04/25 09:00
PHST- 2007/04/25 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/07/20 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/04/25 09:00 [entrez]
AID - CPE1085 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2007.01085.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Clin Periodontol. 2007 Jun;34(6):485-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2007.01085.x. 
      Epub 2007 Apr 23.