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Chronic periodontitis linked to tongue cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) , May 21 In a small case-control study, chronic periodontitis was associated with an elevated risk of tongue cancer, independent of smoking status and other potential risk factors.

July 12, 2007

Photodynamic therapy may have a role in periodontitis

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) March 16 Photodynamic therapy (PDT) transiently reduces the progression of experimentally induced periodontal disease in rats, researchers from Brazil report in the March issue of the Journal of Periodontology.

December 31, 1998