The impact of periodontal disease on the clinical outcomes of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A possible relationship between periodontitis (PD) and COVID-19 and its adverse outcomes has been suggested. Hence, the present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the available evidence regarding the potential association between periodontitis (PD) and COVID-19 and its adverse outcomes.

Materials and methods

PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar were searched for relevant studies published up to April 15^th, 2023. Studies that evaluated the association between PD and COVID-19 were included. Risk of bias was evaluated by two reviewers, and meta-analyses were performed using RevMan 5.3 software.

Results

A total of 22 studies involving 92,535 patients from USA, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and South America were in

SUBMITTER: Al-Maweri SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10493030 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature