Viviana Pitones-Rubio, EG Chávez-Cortez, Angélica Hurtado-Camarena, Anna González-Rascón, N. Serafín-Higuera
Medical Hypotheses, 2020
Abstract Periodontal disease (PD) comprises a group of diseases involving inflammatory aspects of the host and dysbiotic events that affect periodontal tissues and could have systemic implications. Diverse factors and comorbidities have been closely associated with PD such as diabetes, obesity, aging, hypertension, and so on; although, underlying mechanisms or causal associations have not established completely. Interestingly, these same factors have widely associated with progression or severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an illness caused by coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2. Since inflammatory and dysbiotic factors as well as comorbidities affect systemic health, it is possible that periodontal status indicates the risk of complication of COVID-19. However, assessment of oral health history including periodontal status in COVID-19 patients has not been reported. Knowing PD is associated with severe COVID-19 could help identify risk groups and establish pertinent recommendations.
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Field of study: Medicine