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Periodontal Disease and Endo-Periodontal Lesion Subtypes: A Retrospective Study.

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · Bodnar I, Dumitriu AS, Păunică S, Giurgiu MC, Ismail FB, Mocanu BF, Ciongaru ND, Albu ȘD, Suciu I, Budei RE · 2026-08-14

Researchers examined 31 patients with endo-periodontal lesions and found that periodontal grade (specifically Grade B) was significantly associated with the presence of EPL 3, the most common lesion subtype in their cohort.

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