title: Oral health and systemic disease: periodontitis and cardiovascular disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Ecology, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599, USA. James_Beck@unc.edu
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Offenbacher
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D015984:Causality; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009909:Oral Health; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors