Background: The oral cavity is frequently affected in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), especially in patients with Crohn's disease (CD). Periodontitis is thought to influence systemic autoimmune or inflammatory diseases. We aimed to analyze the relationship of periodontitis and gingivitis markers with specific disease characteristics in patients with IBD and to compare these data with healthy controls.
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January 1984
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June 1983
SSO Schweiz Monatsschr Zahnheilkd
April 1983
J Clin Periodontol
January 1983
Two types of periodontal probes used to measure pocket depths, i.e. a modified Plast-o-Probe (PoP) and a metal probe (MP), were compared.
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