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ReviewCureus2025

The Oral Microbiome and Systemic Health: Bridging the Gap Between Dentistry and Medicine.

Subash Chandra Nayak, P Bhagya Latha, Bharath Kandanattu, Unni Pympallil, Ankit Kumar, Harish Kumar Banga

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Review in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Subash Chandra NayakDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Hi-Tech Dental College and Hospital, Bhubaneshwar, IND.
P Bhagya LathaDepartment of Zoology, SIR C R Reddy College, Eluru, IND.
Bharath KandanattuPediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Institute of Dental Studies and Technologies, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, IND.
Unni PympallilDepartment of Prosthodontics, Mahe Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Mahe, IND.
Ankit KumarDentistry, Mithila Minority Dental College and Hospital, Darbhanga, IND.
Harish Kumar BangaFashion and Lifestyle Accessory Design, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kangra, IND.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The oral microbiome, consisting of a mixture of bacteria, fungi, and viruses, is an important contributor to oral and systemic health. Microbial balance disruptions are associated with oral pathologies like dental caries and periodontitis as well as systemic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, adverse pregnancy outcomes, and respiratory diseases. This review explores the mechanistic pathways linking oral dysbiosis to systemic inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, and immune modulation. The roles of key microbial species in health and disease are analyzed, with an emphasis on how hematogenous dissemination leads to systemic pathologies through inflammatory signaling. Also, advances in high throughput sequencing are discussed, as well as microbial diversity and its implications for diagnostics and therapeutics. The review highlights the potential of oral microbiota-targeted interventions to mitigate systemic diseases through dentistry and medicine integration, by throwing light on interdisciplinary strategies. Future work should focus on the evaluation of the mechanisms by which the oral microbiome plays a role in systemic diseases through the integration of multi-omics approaches such as metagenomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics. Furthermore, clinical trials need to be designed in a way to evaluate the efficacy of microbiome-targeted therapies in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, adverse pregnancy outcomes, and autoimmune disorders.

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bacterial oral microbiotadental medicine disciplineoral healthperiodontitispregnancy

Identifiers

PMID40091996
PMCPMC11909285

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