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16.01.2020
Over the past 30 years, the association of chronic oral infections with an elevated risk of general diseases outside the oral cavity has been in the focus of increasing research interest.
On a hypothetical level, as many as 57 different general health problems have been linked to periodontitis. In the current decade, the impact of endodontic infections on general health has also begun to be investigated. Although the importance of oral health for a functional dentition and its maintenance is well known, the emerging scientific evidence of the association between oral infections and general health has sparked exceptional interest in the media and among patients. The aim of the series of articles under this theme is thus to review the curr
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