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Association Between Periodontitis Severity and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life: A Cross-Sectional Study Using the 2017 Periodontitis Classification.

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · Zambrano Manzaba G, Rodríguez Grajales J, Lema Gutierrez HA, Chauca Bajaña L, Magaña Pérez MG, Mendoza Manzaba GN, Salazar Roman RA, Galicia-Diez Barroso D, Abeijon Malvaez LD · 2026-08-23

Researchers compared oral health-related quality of life between patients with stage II and stage IV periodontitis, finding that those with the more severe disease reported significantly poorer quality of life outcomes, alongside diabetes and male sex as contributing factors.

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