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Global Oral Health Birth Cohort Studies: A Living Scoping Review.

Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · Bitencourt FV, Sarawagi S, Alves-Costa S, Nascimento GG, Peres KG · 2026-09-08

Researchers identified 32 new oral health birth cohort studies from 16 countries since 2020, with most established in very high-income nations and predominantly examining dental caries, enamel defects, and oral microbiome outcomes.

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