Paediatric & MIH Meta-analysis ✓ Peer reviewed

Association between type 1 diabetes mellitus and dental caries in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis and Mendelian randomization study.

Frontiers in endocrinology · Zhu K, Gao F, Yue J, Yang M, Wu J, Zhao R, Li D · 2026-09-07

Children with type 1 diabetes showed higher decay and filling rates in permanent teeth compared to controls, but genetic analysis did not establish a causal relationship between the two conditions.

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