• Periodontitis and carotid atheroma: is there a causal relationship? 

      Tzorbatzoglou, I. D.; Sfyroeras, G. S.; Giannoukas, A. D. (2010)
      Periodontal diseases are highly prevalent in the population. Several studies implicated that chronic periodontitis may affect the arterial wall inducing subclinical atherosclerosis by triggering a systemic inflammatory ...