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SUBMITTER: Md Tahir K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7023789 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Md Tahir Khairunnisa K Ab Malek Ainul Haliza AH Vaithilingam Rathna Devi RD Saub Roslan R Safii Syarida Hasnur SH Rahman Mohammad Tariqur MT Abdul Razak Fathilah F Alabsi Aied M AM Baharuddin Nor Adinar NA
BMC oral health 20200214 1
<h4>Background</h4>Non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT) known as gold standard treatment in managing periodontitis. The aim of this study was to investigate the response of NSPT in periodontitis subjects who were obese. Clinical parameters of periodontitis, changes in serum resistin and periodontal pathogens in subgingival plaque were compared before and after NSPT in periodontitis subjects who were obese and with normal weight.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 48 periodontitis subjects (obese, n = ...[more]