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Climate risk or healthcare investment? Explaining oral health outcomes across European Union member states.

Frontiers in public health · Lupita C, Perpelea AC, Rusu LC, Muntean I, Maghet E, Lobonț OR, Luca MM · 2026-09-30

Researchers examined whether year-to-year temperature changes and heat extremes across EU countries from 2016–2023 correlated with caries, periodontal disease, or unmet dental care, finding no significant associations between climate variability and these oral health outcomes.

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