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Poor Periodontal Health and Women's Health

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Ann Arbor, MI — February 10, 2012 — Injectible progesterone contraceptives may be associated with poor periodontal health, according to the results of a research study that have been published by an assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.

Using data from the 1999-2004 National Health and Nutritional Examination Surveys (NHANES), Dr. Susan Taichman, assistant professor of dentistry in the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, found that women using the injectible contraceptive, depotmedroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), are more likely to have indicators of poor periodontal health.  The findings were recently published in the Journal of Periodontology.

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