Fertility and Sterility
Volume 95, Issue 1 , Pages 320-323, January 2011

Periodontal disease in polycystic ovary syndrome

  • Erhan Dursun, D.D.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Ferda Alev Akalın, D.D.S., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Güliz Nigar Güncü, D.D.S., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Nese Çınar, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Duygu Yazgan Aksoy, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Tolga Fikret Tözüm, D.D.S., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Kamer Kılınc, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Bülent Okan Yıldız, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Bülent Okan Yıldız, M.D., Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, 06100, Sıhhiye, Ankara, Turkey (FAX: 90-312-2322518).

Received 8 May 2010; received in revised form 19 June 2010; accepted 8 July 2010. published online 31 August 2010.

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and periodontal disease (inflammatory diseases of the tissues around teeth) are common disorders associated with diabetes and cardiometabolic risk. Comprehensively examining the periodontal status in PCOS, this study suggests that the susceptibility for periodontal disease may significantly increase in patients with PCOS compared with healthy young women, and that local/periodontal oxidant status appears to be affected in PCOS.

Key Words: Periodontal disease, gingivitis, oxidative stress, androgen excess, insulin resistance

 

 E.D. has nothing to disclose. F.A.A. has nothing to disclose. G.N.G. has nothing to disclose. N.C. has nothing to disclose. D.Y.A. has nothing to disclose. T.F.T. has nothing to disclose. K.K. has nothing to disclose. B.O.Y. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by Hacettepe University grant no. 0701101017.

PII: S0015-0282(10)02158-8

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.07.1052

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 95, Issue 1 , Pages 320-323, January 2011

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