The association of sedentary behaviour and physical activity with periodontal disease in NHANES 2011-2012.

Aim: Periodontal disease is one of the most prevalent oral pathologies and a major chronic disease worldwide. Lifestyle habits such as poor nutrition and smoking have been established to contribute to the development of periodontal disease, but limited research has investigated whether physical activity and sedentary lifestyle play a role. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the association between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and periodontal disease.

Daily Intake of Probiotic Lactobacilli May Reduce Caries Risk in Young Children.

Article Title And Bibliographic Information: Probiotic compared with standard milk for high-caries children: A cluster randomized trial. Rodríguez G, Ruiz B, Faleiros S, Vistoso A, Marró ML, Sánchez J, Urzúa I, Cabello R. J Dent Res 2016;95(4):402-7.

Alcohol Consumption May Increase the Risk for Periodontal Disease in Some Adult Populations.

Article Title And Bibliographic Information: Alcohol consumption and risk of periodontitis: a meta-analysis. Wang J, Lv J, Wang W, Jiang X. J Clin Periodontol 2016;43(7):572-83.

Limited Evidence Suggests Tooth Loss is Associated With Increased Risk of Cognitive Impairment.

Article Title And Bibliographic Information: Tooth loss increases the risk of diminished cognitive function: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Cerutti-Kopplin D, Feine J, Padilha DM, et al. JDR Clin Translational Res 2016;1(1):10-9.

Coffee consumption and periodontal disease in males.

Background: Coffee is a major dietary source of antioxidants as well as of other anti-inflammatory factors. Given the beneficial role of such factors in periodontal disease, whether coffee intake is associated with periodontal disease in adult males was explored.

Methods: Existing data collected by a prospective, closed-panel cohort study of aging and oral health in adult males was used.

Incorporating severity and risk as factors to the Fardal cost-effectiveness model to create a cost-benefit model for periodontal treatment.

Background: A previously described economic model was based on average values for patients diagnosed with chronic periodontitis (CP). However, tooth loss varies among treated patients and factors for tooth loss include CP severity and risk. The model was refined to incorporate CP severity and risk to determine the cost of treating a specific level of CP severity and risk that is associated with the benefit of tooth preservation.

Predicted vitamin D status and incidence of tooth loss and periodontitis.

Objective: Vitamin D insufficiency is highly prevalent, with particular subgroups at greater risk (e.g. the elderly and those with darker skin).

High-fiber foods reduce periodontal disease progression in men aged 65 and older: the Veterans Affairs normative aging study/Dental Longitudinal Study.

Objectives: To determine whether foods that are good to excellent sources of fiber reduce periodontal disease progression in men.

Design: Prospective, observational study.

Setting: Greater Boston, Massachusetts, metropolitan area.

Overweight and obesity predict time to periodontal disease progression in men.

Aims: To examine whether overweight and obesity indicators - body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and WC-to-height ratio - predict progression of periodontal disease in men.

Material And Methods: Participants were 1038 medically healthy, non-Hispanic, white males in the VA Dental Longitudinal Study who were monitored with triennial oral and medical examinations between 1969 and 1996. Periodontal disease progression in an individual was defined as having two or more teeth advance to levels of alveolar bone loss ≥40%, probing pocket depth ≥5 mm, or clinical attachment loss ≥5 mm after baseline.

Reduction of tooth loss associated with periodontal treatment.

Comparing tooth loss for populations comprising subjects with periodontal disease has been limited by broad and different definitions of disease severity. Numeric scores for periodontal disease severity and risk were used to enhance the precision of comparing tooth loss for two populations. Both populations received routine dental care, but only one received comprehensive periodontal treatment.

Tooth loss and periodontal disease predict poor cognitive function in older men.

Objectives: To determine whether rates of tooth loss, periodontal disease progression, and caries incidence predict cognitive decline in men.

Design: Prospective study.

Setting: Community-dwelling men enrolled in the Veterans Affairs Dental Longitudinal Study.

Does the graft source really matter in the outcome of patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction? An evaluation of autograft versus allograft reconstruction results: a systematic review.

Background: Despite the large number of anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions performed each year, there remains a significant controversy regarding the effect of the graft source on the functional outcome of patients.

Hypothesis: There is no difference in outcomes of autograft versus allograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions.

Study Design: Systematic review.

Intakes of (n-3) fatty acids and fatty fish are not associated with cognitive performance and 6-year cognitive change in men participating in the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study.

High intake of fish and (n-3) PUFA may protect against age-related cognitive decline. However, results are inconsistent and limited data exist regarding changes in multiple cognitive functions over a longer period of time. In this study, we assessed the association between fatty fish intake as well as (n-3) PUFA intake with cognitive performance and cognitive change over 6 y in 1025 elderly men.

Arthroscopic versus open acromioplasty: a meta-analysis.

Background: To address persisting controversy in the literature concerning the efficacy of arthroscopic compared to open acromioplasty, a meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the treatment effect after both approaches.

Hypothesis: The final clinical outcomes will be the same after both open and arthroscopic acromioplasty. However, the arthroscopic technique results in faster recovery and less postoperative morbidity as reflected by faster return to work and decreased hospital stays.

Periodontitis severity plus risk as a tooth loss predictor.

Background: Tooth loss can be a consequence of the natural history of periodontitis. Stratification of periodontitis severity, risk, and tooth loss exists within the United States adult population, and tooth loss correlates to severity and risk. We evaluated the loss of teeth for a periodontitis-affected population categorized by the combination of severity and risk in which the subjects predominantly did not receive periodontal treatment.

Arthroscopic versus mini-open rotator cuff repair: a comprehensive review and meta-analysis.

Background: Controversy remains regarding the results of all arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs compared with the mini-open approach. The purpose of this study was to perform a comprehensive literature search and meta-analysis of clinical trials comparing the results of arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs and mini-open rotator cuff repairs.

Hypothesis: There is no difference between the clinical results obtained from all arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs compared with mini-open repairs.

Extension and density of root fillings and postoperative apical radiolucencies in the Veterans Affairs Dental Longitudinal Study.

We evaluated the association between radiographically assessed extension and density of root canal fillings and postoperative apical radiolucencies (ARs) by using data from 288 participants in the Veterans Affairs Dental Longitudinal Study. Study subjects were not Veterans Affairs patients; all received their medical and dental care in the private sector. Generalized estimating equations were used to account for multiple teeth within subjects and to control for covariates of interest.

Age-dependent associations between chronic periodontitis/edentulism and risk of coronary heart disease.

Background: Several epidemiological studies have suggested periodontitis as a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD), but results have been inconsistent.

Methods And Results: We evaluated the association between clinical and radiographic measures of periodontitis, edentulism, and incident CHD (angina, myocardial infarction, or fatal CHD) among 1203 men in the VA Normative Aging and Dental Longitudinal Studies who were followed up with triennial comprehensive medical and dental examinations up to 35 years (median 24 years). Cox proportional hazards models with time-varying effects of exposure and potential confounders were fit.

Posterior shoulder instability: comprehensive analysis of open and arthroscopic approaches.

Whether open surgery and arthroscopic repair of posterior shoulder instability have similar success rates remains unknown, but the literature suggests that arthroscopic soft-tissue stabilization procedures equal open surgery in managing posterior shoulder instability. A comprehensive PubMed computer search of the English-language literature from 1988 to 2004 was performed using the key phrase posterior shoulder instability. Studies included in our analysis addressed the surgical treatment of recurrent posterior instability and multidirectional instability with primarily a posterior component of instability; studies were excluded if their minimum follow-up was less than 1 year, if their patients had a history of habitual posterior shoulder instability, or if their patients had either bony procedures or thermal capsulorrhaphy.

Bone health and oral health.

Background: Low bone mass in the skeleton, which increases the risk of osteoporotic fracture, also may be associated with periodontal bone loss and tooth loss. Osteoporosis and periodontal disease share several common risk factors, including older age, smoking and perhaps insufficient dietary intakes of calcium and vitamin D.

Conclusion: Research supports the idea that osteoporosis independently influences alveolar bone height loss.

Does periodontal care improve glycemic control? The Department of Veterans Affairs Dental Diabetes Study.

Objectives: Report results of a randomized-clinical trial of the efficacy of periodontal care in the improvement of glycemic control in 165 veterans with poorly controlled diabetes over 4 months.

Methods: Outcomes were change in Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) in the Early Treatment versus untreated (Usual Care) groups and percent of participants with decreases in HbA1c. Analyses included simple/multiple variable linear/logistic regressions, adjusted for baseline HbA1c, age, and duration of diabetes.