Research Article
Orthopantomography Detection of Atheroma Plaques and Its Relationship with Periodontal Disease and Missing Teeth
Table 2
Authors studying atheromatous plaques’ prevalence in the general population.
| Author | Year | Sample | Age | Prevalence (%) |
| Friedlander and De Bake [9] | 1994 | 295 patients | 55–84 years old | 3 | Carter [13] | 1997 | 1,175 patients | >40 years old | 3.6 | Cohen et al. [14] | 2002 | 71 patients | >55 years old | 3.8 | Bayer et al. [11] | 2011 | 2,557 patients | >30 years old | 5 | Atalay et al. [15] | 2015 | 1,650 patients | >45 years old | 5.6 | Gonçalves et al. [16] | 2016 | 8,338 patients | 4–94 years old | 6.9 | Barona-Dorado et al. [17] | 2016 | 1,130 patients | >18 years old | 15.4 |
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