title: Relationship between periodontal findings and Behçet's disease: a controlled study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic, relapsing, systemic vasculitis of unknown aetiology. The involvement of oral mucosal surfaces represents the onset feature of the disease in the majority of patients.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the periodontal status of BD patients and then compare with recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) patients and healthy controls. We also determined the relationship between the periodontal condition and the clinical severity of the disease in BD patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-six patients with BD, 63 patients with RAS and 82 healthy subjects were included in the study. The periodontal status of all subjects was evaluated according to the community periodontal index of treatment needs (CPITN). BD patients were also assessed for clinical severity score (CSS) as described previously.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean CPITN were observed to be higher in BD patients (1.79 +/- 0.96) compared with RAS patients (1.22 +/- 0.87) and healthy controls (1.18 +/- 0.98) (p<0.001). There was a positive association between CSS and CPITN (p=0.017) in BD patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results showed that periodondal status is worse in BD patients and associated with disease severity. We can speculate that periodontitis may induce a systemic inflammatory process that may contribute to the development and/or progression of BD.
authors: Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey. aakman@akdeniz.edu.tr
authors: Ayse
authors: A
authors: Akman
authors: Hasan
authors: H
authors: Kacaroglu
authors: Levent
authors: L
authors: Donmez
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Bacanli
authors: Erkan
authors: E
authors: Alpsoy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000150:complications; D017266:Dental Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications; D010512:Periodontal Index; D012008:Recurrence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013281:Stomatitis, Aphthous / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications*; D014099:Toothbrushing