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Influence of chronic high-salt diet intake on experimental periodontitis: a preclinical study in rodents.

Odontology · Abuohashish H, Omar O, Alrayes N, AlQahtani N, Muhamood M, Alhawaj H, Alkhamis T, Almas K · 2026-10-20

A chronic high-salt diet worsened periodontal disease progression and slowed recovery from induced periodontitis in rats, alongside changes in bone metabolism markers and altered gene expression in periodontal tissues.

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