Gum Disease Tied to Worsening Rheumatoid Arthritis By: RICHARD M. KIRKNER, Internal Medicine News Digital Network Recent laboratory findings from Australia have shown a strong correlation between gum disease and worsening signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, one of the lead investigators reported May 25. During his presentation at the annual European Congress of Rheumatology, Mark Bartold, Ph.D., who is a periodontist and the director of the Colgate Dental Research Centre at the University of Adelaide (South Australia), discussed his group’s recently published study of laboratory mice with preexisting periodontitis and worsening RA. "Emerging evidence now suggests a strong relationship between the extent and severity of periodontal disease and rheumatoid arthritis," Dr. Bartold said in an interview. |
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