Paediatric & MIH Systematic review ✓ Peer reviewed

Oral dysbiosis in children with renal failure: a systematic review.

Frontiers in dental medicine · Ruiz-Roca JA, Pecci-Lloret MP, Romano A, Carinci F, Lauritano D, Pérez-Guzmán N, Lucchese A · 2026-08-27

A systematic review of seven studies found evidence that children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease may experience altered oral bacterial communities, though findings were inconsistent across studies and limited by methodological variation.

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