From teeth to brain: dental caries causally affects the cortical thickness of the banks of the superior temporal sulcus

• Main Authors: Mengqiao Wang (Author), Ziyao Wang (Author), Yajie Yu (Author), Delu Zhao (Author), Zhiyuan Shen (Author), Fulan Wei (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objectives Dental caries is one of the most prevalent oral diseases and causes of tooth loss. Cross-sectional studies observed epidemiological associations between dental caries and brain degeneration disorders, while it is unknown whether dental caries causally affect the cerebral structur...