Fast Facts is back this week as Katrina explains the correlation between Intima-Media Thickness, Periodontal Disease, and Hypertension!

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Reference: Kida, M., Kokubo, Y., Kosaka, T., Ono, T., Maeda, Y., Watanabe, M., ... & Ikebe, K. (2023). Relationship between carotid intima‐media thickness and periodontal disease in a Japanese urban population with and without hypertension: The Suita Study. Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 50(2), 265-275.