Radiographic Assessment of Apical Periodontitis and Periodontal Bone Loss in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Researchers compared X-ray findings of apical periodontitis and periodontal bone loss between oral cancer patients and controls, finding that severe periodontal bone loss was associated with cancer, while apical periodontitis alone was not statistically significantly linked to cancer status.

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