Relationship between periodontitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a bibliometric analysis from 1945 to 2023.

BACKGROUND

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and periodontitis are common chronic diseases. The presence of either of the two diseases increases the risk of the other, whereas managing one reduces the risk of the other. This study aimed to summarize the current state of research and trends in this field using bibliometric analysis and visualization.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

We used PubMed to search and download all periodontal disease- and COPD-related studies published until August 20, 2023. We further performed bibliometric analysis on the text R and Python software and visualized the results using Gephi and VOSviewer to construct latent Dirichlet allocation models that summarize idiosyncratic research themes.

RESULTS

A total of 2, 109 publications were analyzed, with recent ones focusing on risk factors and pandemics. The country that produced the most publications was the United States with 427 publications. The most cited article was by Prof. Wang Zuomin. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ranked first in publications. Keywords were focused on Risk Factors and Pandemics. In addition, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and coronavirus infections have become a research hotspot since 2020. However, little attention has been paid to environmental contamination and biological mechanisms.

CONCLUSIONS

Research on periodontitis and COPD is expanding, and it currently focused on exploring risk factors and conducting clinical epidemiological studies. This exhaustive study provides a comprehensive summary of trends in this field and has important clinical implications for the screening and treatment of patients with COPD and periodontitis.