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Oral health and systemic health outcomes: A call for interdisciplinary action.

Periodontology 2000 · Kebschull M, Demmer RT, Pitts N, Yusuf H, Rederiene G, Donos N, Teughels W, Bedi R, Nemeth O, Rakic M, Tubert-Jeannin S, Ascione R, D'Aiuto F, Deschner J, Dietrich T, Doshi M, Fisher J, Juanatey R, Madianos P, Nagy K, Quinn B, Skinkytė S, Stangvaltaite-Mouhat L, van den Muijsenbergh M, Vilaseca J, West N, Sculean A, Stavropoulos A, Eaton K, Joint EFP/EADPH Working Group · 2026-08-31

A working group reviewed evidence linking oral and systemic health, finding that oral diseases share common risk factors with major non-communicable diseases and that periodontitis treatment may improve certain diabetes markers, recommending integrated oral health into general healthcare strategies.

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