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Periodontitis has long been discussed as an oral-systemic issue, but newer research is pushing that conversation toward microbiome disruption, inflammatory pathways, and possible new links to conditions including dementia, cancer, autoimmune disease, and gastrointestinal disease.

Today’s lead article looks at what those connections may mean for the future of periodontal therapy, and why clinicians may need to think beyond traditional inflammation control.