Periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis—Global efforts to untangle two complex diseases

• DOI: 10.1111/prd.12530
• Publication Date: 2024-02-27T11:59:01Z
• Authors: Isabel Lopez‐Oliva; Jennifer Malcolm; Shauna Culshaw
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine

Abstract Understanding the impact of oral health on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) will inform how best to manage patients with both periodontitis and RA. This review seeks provide an update interventional mechanistic investigations, including a brief summary European Research programs investigating link between Recent clinical studies are described that evaluate treatment one disease impacts other, as in humans animal models have sought identify potential mechanisms linking two diseases.