ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2019
Oral Health: The First Step to Well-Being.
Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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112 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 230 citations in OpenAlex.
- Oral hygiene, dental caries, and periodontal status in the migrant population. A systematic review, a 10-year study.Head & face medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Mediterranean diet and dementia: MRI marker evidence from meta-analysis.European journal of medical research · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of Mobile Mindfulness Meditation on the Mental Health of University Students: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Progression and postoperative complications of osteoradionecrosis of the jaw: a 20-year retrospective study of 124 non-nasopharyngeal cancer cases and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2022Pooled it
- Factors Associated With Oral and Dental Health Utilization Among Individuals With Special Health Care Needs in Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Fixed Prosthetic Restorations and Periodontal Health: From Fabrication to Supracrestal Tissue Attachment Preservation and Clinical Outcomes.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Oral Health Values, Oral Hygiene Habits, and Preventive Dental Attendance Among Health-Related and Non-Health-Related University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Dentistry journal · 2026Article
- Dental Treatment Needs and Cost Burden Among Older Adults: A K-Means Cluster Analysis to Inform Oral Health Policies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Exploring the impact of gingival recession on oral health-related quality of life: a qualitative study.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Porphyromonas gingivalis outer membrane vesicles promote alveolar bone resorption by increasing the local RANKL/OPG ratio in experimental periodontitis model rats.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Oral Health Trends and Challenges in North and West Africa: A Systematic Review of Cross-Sectional Studies.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Oral Health-Related Quality of Life and Depression in Patients with Schizophrenia: The Mediating Roles of Oral Health Literacy and Oral Health-Related Self-Efficacy in a Cross-Sectional Structural Equation Analysis.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2026Article
- Oral health, psychosocial aspects, and subjective happiness among Brazilian Army recruits: a pathway analysis.Brazilian oral research · 2026Article
- Anticipated challenges facing the dental profession: A narrative review.Journal of public health research · 2026Review
- Endometriosis-Associated Periodontal Disease: A Large Cohort Perspective Study.Oral diseases · 2026Article
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- Multi-institutional observational study on the relationship between oral infection focus and surgical site infection in artificial arthroplasty and the clinical significance of tooth extraction: An analysis using propensity score matching.Journal of dental sciences · 2026Article
- Primary care physicians and oral health care: competency gaps and opportunities for training.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Selected Population-based Oral Health Assessment Following Usage of E-Cigarettes and Combustible Cigarettes.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2025Article
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Abstract
Scientific research in the medical field shows this constantly: health starts from the mouth. Having good oral health nowadays is not only aimed at tooth health, but as amply demonstrated in the literature, it is a starting point for the general health and well-being of our body. Retracing the latest scientific findings that demonstrate an interpolation between oral health, oral diseases, and systemic complications, literature support was brought to this manuscript. Oral health, as demonstrated, has potentially multi-organ systemic implications, and as the results of the recent literature demonstrate, these implications range from an insulin resistance, due to a periodontal disease, up to far more complex multi-organ systemic complications involving the cardiovascular system or even neurodegenerative pathology. Therefore, being able to improve oral health could have great systemic implications for the organism, for the prevention of pathologies, and therefore for society and for the quality of life in individuals.
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