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Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and periodontitis have an impact on patient’s morbidity and mortality. Periodontitis increases the inflammatory burden, which has been shown to impair renal function by altering serum inflammatory levels. Interleukin-1 (IL-1) has immunomodulatory properties that affect immunological responses of the host