“…A growing body of evidence has implicated periodontal pathogens in the development and progression of RA (de Pablo, Chapple, Buckley, & Dietrich, ). Interestingly, increased antibody titers against P. gingivalis (Mikuls et al., ) and the DNA of oral bacterial, including P. gingivalis, have been detected in the serum and synovial fluid of RA patients (Martinez‐Martinez et al., ; Moen et al., ; Reichert et al., ). Case‐control studies found a more prevalent and severe periodontal disease (PD) status in RA patients (Al‐Shammari, Al‐Khabbaz, Al‐Ansari, Neiva, & Wang, ; Bozkurt, Yetkin Ay, Berker, Tepe, & Akkus, ), as well as a reduction in the clinical parameters of active RA following effective periodontal treatment and control of periodontal infection (Al‐Katma, Bissada, Bordeaux, Sue, & Askari, ; Bıyıkoğlu et al., ; Ortiz et al., ).…”