Linking knowledge, belief and awareness of menstrual cycle with oral health in young India women.

Most young women in this Indian study possessed general menstrual knowledge, yet fewer than one-fifth understood how menstrual cycles affect oral health; those with poor awareness showed increased gum inflammation.

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