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Social Inequalities in the Association between Diabetes and Complete Edentulism

Journal of Dental Research · F.V. Bitencourt, A. Trullenque-Eriksson, A. Andersen, M.V. Vettore, C. Tomasi, T. Berglundh, J. Derks · 2025-12-18

Researchers examined whether diabetes types 1 and 2 were linked to complete tooth loss in over 557,000 Danish and Swedish adults, finding both diabetes types associated with higher edentulism rates—with stronger effects in lower-income and less-educated populations.

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