Relationship between clinical and laboratory findings of rheumatoid arthritis patients with their oral status and disease activity

摘要

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common chronic inflammatory joint disease. Complications of RA can cause low quality of life and disabilities. Nowadays, despite all the medical developments, etiology of RA is unclear. Both soft and hard tissue damages occur in RA and periodontitis due to chronic inflammation and also since tissue damage presentation and pathogenesis of RA and periodontitis are the same, this study was done for evaluating the relationship between clinical and laboratory findings in RA patients with their oral status and disease activity.