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Periodontitis and Covid19 Risk Factors

Dr Bicuspid  (2/5, Busch) reports a new study that indicates that “periodontitis may be a risk factor for COVID-19. And it may make patients vulnerable to severe complications, including death.” The researchers found that “people who had been diagnosed with COVID-19 and also had periodontitis were more than nine times as likely to die than…