Is Rheumatoid Arthritis associated with periodontitis compared to healthy or OA controls?
Rheumatoid arthritis is significantly associated with periodontitis when compared to healthy controls, but not when compared to osteoarthritis controls.
A significant association between RA and periodontitis is supported by the results of our systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing RA to healthy controls. In our meta-analysis, however, this is not replicated when comparing RA to OA controls.
Fuggle et al. (Wed,) studied this question.