title: Commentary: changing paradigms in the oral disease-systemic disease relationship.
authors.affiliation: W.R. Kenan Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Periodontology, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, North Carolina Oral Health Institute, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Offenbacher
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Beck
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D009909:Oral Health; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D047928:Premature Birth / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors