Table 2.
Various periodontal and systemic interrelationships
Diabetes | Obesity | Adverse pregnancy outcomes | Cardiovascular disease | Osteoporosis | Rheumatoid arthritis | |
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Biological plausibility | Yes | Yes | Questionable | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Strength of association | Yes | Emerging | Poor | Yes | No | Yes |
Effect of periodontal Treatment on disease Condition | Yes | Nil | None | Equivocal/none | No | Emerging |
Effect of treatment of disease condition on periodontitis | Yes | No | No | No | No | Emerging |