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ReviewCureus2026

A Narrative Review on Oral Microbiome Dysbiosis in Benign and Malignant Oral Lesions: Mechanistic Insights and Clinical Implications.

Laresh N Mistry, Sayem A Mulla, Amit Patil, Shreyas Shah, Sindhu P Pulaskar

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Review in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Laresh N MistryPedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Dental College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai, IND.
Sayem A MullaDentistry, Dentist and Independent Researcher, Kalyan, IND.
Amit PatilConservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Dental College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai, IND.
Shreyas ShahOral Medicine and Radiology, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Dental College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai, IND.
Sindhu P PulaskarConservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Dental College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai, IND.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Maintaining oral and systemic health depends heavily on the dynamic and varied microbial environment found in the human mouth cavity. There is growing evidence that the oral microbiota plays a role in the pathophysiology of both benign and malignant oral cancers by producing carcinogenic chemicals, modifying host immune responses, and causing chronic inflammation. Malignant tumors like oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) show profound dysbiosis marked by enrichment of pathogenic taxa such as

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microbial dysbiosismicrobiota of oral lesionsoral and maxillofacial pathologyoral microbiologyoral microbiome

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PMID41737112
PMCPMC12926689

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