伴大动脉炎的牙周炎1例

SUMMARY This case report concerns a 23-year-old woman with chronic periodontitis who had been pre-viously diagnosed with Takayasu arteritis ( TA ) .Her erythrocyte sedimentation rate ( ESR ) and C-reactive protein ( CRP) level were decreased before and 3 months after non-surgical periodontal therapy with no change in her prescribed medications (ESR from 31.00 mm/h to 23.0 mm/h, CRP from 21.40 mg/L to 18.46 mm/h).Through the occasional findings , we raised a hypothetical analysis about the po-tential relationship between periodontitis and TA with respect to inflammatory factors , bacteria and medi-cation.Further studies of large samples are needed to verify the findings .