26 January 2025 : Clinical Research
Impact of Periodontal Treatment on Early Rheumatoid Arthritis and the Role of Porphyromonas gingivalis Antibody Titers
Yoichiro Nakajima
1ABCDEF, Nahoko Kato-Kogoe 1ABCDEF*, Takako Yasuda2ABC, Rika Urakawa2BC, Tomoka Matsuo1DF, Michi Omori1BDF, Takaaki Ueno1ADEF, Tohru Takeuchi3ADE
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.947146
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e947146
Figure 1 Assessment of periodontal disease status. Periodontal disease includes gingivitis and periodontitis. Gingivitis is the presence of gingival inflammation without loss of connective tissue attachment. Periodontitis is an inflammation of the tooth-supporting tissues that causes attachment loss and alveolar bone destruction. Periodontal pocket depth is measured with periodontal probe and defined as the distance between the bottom of the periodontal pocket and the gingival margin. Created using ibisPaint X (SYSTEMAX, Tokyo, Japan) and Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (Microsoft, Redmond, WA, USA).