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Joint trajectories of periodontal disease and type 2 diabetes burden across 204 countries.

Diabetes research and clinical practice · Ruan C, Yang H, Wang L · 2026-09-16

Researchers identified three distinct country-level patterns of periodontal disease and type 2 diabetes burden across 204 nations, rather than one universal trajectory, suggesting that integrated health planning could be tailored to different burden profiles.

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