Oral health is a mediator for disease severity in patients with behcet's disease: a multiple mediation analysis study

ConclusionBoth presence of dental caries and need of tooth extraction were observed to be effective mediators for a more severe disease course in BD. Therefore, better oral health should be aimed to eliminate microbial factors, which are a part of pathogenic processes.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Journal of Oral Rehabilitation - November 22, 2018 Category: Dentistry Authors: Meral Yay, Z ülal Çelik, Aysun Aksoy, Fatma Alibaz‐Öner, Nevsun Inanç, Tülin Ergun, Haner Direskeneli, Gonca Mumcu Tags: Original Article Source Type: research