Authors of JCP paper on periodontitis/Covid-19 associations discuss findings in next EFP Perio Talks

The next EFP Perio Talks will feature two of the authors of the research published earlier this month in the JCP showing associations between periodontal disease and Covid-19 complications.

Faleh Tamimi Marino (College of Dental Medicine, QU Health, Qatar university, Doha, Qatar) and Belinda Nicolau (Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada) will discuss “Periodontitis linked to Covid-19 complications” on Tuesday 23 February at 15.00 (CET) in a live Perio Talks session on the EFP’s Instagram page (@perioeurope).

They are two of the authors of a case-control study of 568 patients in Qatar which found that Covid-19 patients with periodontitis were 3.5 times more likely to be admitted to intensive care, 4.5 times more likely to need a ventilator, and almost nine times more likely to die compared to those without the gum disease.

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