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Dental Caries Experience in Older Adults With Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry · Drumond VZ, de Oliveira TA, de Arruda JAA, Pavione RCL, Rocha NB, Mesquita RA, Abreu LG · 2026-07-01

Researchers compared dental caries rates between older adults with and without Parkinson's disease across 10 studies. They found no statistically significant difference in caries experience between the two groups, though the evidence quality was low.

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